Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Esculent \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}.

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