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esculent

ADJ ซึ่ง กิน ได้ (คำ ทางการ  ซึ่ง เหมาะสำหรับ เป็น อาหาร  comestible edible sueng-kin-dai

 

esculent

N สิ่ง ที่ สามารถ กิน ได้ โดยเฉพาะ พืชผัก (คำ ทางการ  sing-ti-sa-mad-kin-dai-doi-cha-phow-pued-pak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESCULENT

a.[L. esculentus, from esca, food. ] Eatable; that is or may be used by man for food; as esculent plants; esculent fish.

 

ESCULENT

n.Something that is eatable; that which is or may be safely eaten by man.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESCULENT

Es "cu *lent, a. Etym: [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat. ]

 

Defn: Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.

 

ESCULENT

ESCULENT Es "cu *lent, n.

 

Defn: Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

esculent

es cu lent |ˈeskyələnt ˈɛskjələnt | formal adjective fit to be eaten; edible. noun a thing, esp. a vegetable, fit to be eaten. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin esculentus, from esca food, from esse eat.

 

Oxford Dictionary

esculent

esculent |ˈɛskjʊlənt | formal adjective fit to be eaten; edible. noun a thing, especially a vegetable, which is fit to be eaten. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin esculentus, from esca food , from esse eat .