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esculent

 
Dictionary: es·cu·lent   (ĕs'kyə-lənt) pronunciation
adj.
Suitable for eating; edible.

[Latin ēsculentus, from ēsca, food, from edere, ēs-, to eat.]

esculent es'cu·lent n.

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adjective

    Fit to be eaten: comestible, eatable, edible. See ingestion.

noun

    Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

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[adj] edible, or [n] something which is edible
Translations: Esculent
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - spiselig
n. - spiselig ting

Nederlands (Dutch)
iets eetbaars, eetbaar

Français (French)
adj. - comestible
n. - comestibles, comestible

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nahrungsmittel
adj. - eßbar, genießbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εδώδιμο, φαγώσιμο
adj. - εδώδιμος, βρώσιμος (κν. φαγώσιμος)

Italiano (Italian)
commestibile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alimento (m) (esp. verdura)
adj. - comestível

Русский (Russian)
съестное, съедобный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - comestible
n. - comestible

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - födoämne (isht vegetabiliskt)
adj. - ätlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可食用的, 可食用物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可食用的
n. - 可食用物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 먹을 수 있는
n. - 식용품

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 食用の
n. - 食用になるもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شيء صالح للأكل (صفه) صالح للأكل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אכיל, ראוי לאכילה‬
n. - ‮חומר אכיל‬


 
 
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