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esculent (adj.)
1620s, from Latin
esculentus
"good to eat, eatable, fit to eat," from
esca
"food," from PIE
*eds-qa-
(cognates: Lithuanian
eska
"appetite"), from root
*ed-
"to eat" (see
edible
). As a noun from 1620s, "food, especially vegetables."