Esculent

Définitions de « esculent »

Esculent - Adjectif

• Se dit d'une substance qui peut être consommée par l'homme ou les animaux comme aliment.

  […] il lui faut une terre douce, fournie de racines esculentes, et surtout bien peuplée d'insectes et de vers, dont elle fait sa principale nourriture.

Étymologie de « esculent »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « esculent » depuis 1800

Synonymes de « esculent »

• succulent
• escient

Citations contenant le mot « esculent »

• The esculent delights served by Chopko, executive chef at Marriott’s Courtyard Newark at the University of Delaware, were chosen tops by critics in the 2012 Best of Delaware awards appearing in the July issue of Delaware Today magazine.

• Theodore Cooke, the principal of the Poona Science College, wanted these mistaken ideas to be removed. It was he who had demonstrated successfully that the valuable esculent could be grown in Poona gardens. He too was disconcerted by the prejudice Indians held against certain vegetables.

• Adams also planted two varieties of walnuts, three varieties of chestnuts, hazelnuts and apple seeds on the White House lawn and would often roam through the countryside collecting acorns, which he and an aide later planted in the garden. In June, 1827, he noted in his dairy that, “In this small garden, of less than two acres, there are forest and fruit-trees, shrubs, hedges, esculent vegetables, kitchen and medicinal herbs, hot-house plants, flowers, and weeds, to the amount, I conjecture, of at least one thousand.”

Traductions du mot « esculent »

Sources et ressources complémentaires

• Définitions du Wiktionnaire
• Définitions du TLFi
• Synonymes de esculent sur lebonsynonyme.fr