Definitions For Esculent

Noun

ESCULENT (plural ESCULENTs) Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible. (mycophagy) An edible mushroom.

Coordinate terms

poculent

Adjective

edible, edible. "good enough to eat, good enough to eat": attractive.

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, h₁ed}} From {{etyl, la, en}} esculentus, ēsculentus, edible; nutritious; full of food, from ēsca, , food.

Anagrams

Lucentes, unselect

Is Esculent a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
14

The word Esculent is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Esculent in a Sentence

  • Harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties

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