Esculent

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.