2012_03_10 esculent : edible.食品，尤其是蔬菜。\ES-kyuh-luhnt\, noun

Word of the Day for Saturday, March 10, 2012
esculent \ES-kyuh-luhnt\, noun:
1. Something edible, especially a vegetable.
adjective:
1. Suitable for use as food; edible.
The remainder of the garden presented a well-selected assortment of esculent vegetables, in a praiseworthy state of advancement.
 -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
There are many varieties of mushrooms, some of which are very poisonous; therefore you should be careful in selecting them, that you do not mistake the poisonous for the esculent ones.
 -- Lettice Bryan, The Kentucky Housewife
Related to the word eat, esculent comes from the Latin word for food, esca.
可食\ ES-kyuh luhnt\，名詞：

1。食用的東西，尤其是蔬菜。

形容詞：
1。適合作為食品食用。

花園的剩餘部分提出了精心挑選的可食蔬菜品種，在一個值得稱讚的進步狀態。
- 霍桑，樓七山牆

有蘑菇的品種很多，其中有些是非常有毒的，因此你應該慎重選擇他們，你不要誤以為是可食用的有毒。
- 布萊恩麗紅，肯塔基州的家庭主婦

相關的詞吃，可食用來自食物的拉丁詞，ESCA。