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(Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.