\Es"cu*lent\, a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr.
esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See {Eat}.]
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as,
esculent plants; esculent fish.
      Esculent grain for food.                 --Sir W.
                                               Jones.
{Esculent swallow} (Zo["o]l.), the swallow which makes the
   edible bird's-nest. See {Edible bird's-nest}, under
   {Edible}.

\Es"cu*lent\, n.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely
eaten by man.