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Definition of Esculents
1. esculent [n] - See also: esculent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esculents
Literary usage of Esculents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"—Important esculents. " SCIENCE was not intended for the people, but for those
of generous blood. Persons of low degree are only puffed up by it, ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... of " all the savoury esculents, which bosom." a. 1611 Mars, smear'd with the
dust and bloud Of humanes, and Ocean pours forth upon poor humane from her ..."
3. History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott, John Foster Kirk (1893)
"—Important esculents. " SCIENCE was not intended for the people ; but for those
of generous blood. Persons of low degree are only puffed up by it, ..."
4. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, George Christopher Davies (1890)
"... esculents. But it is much to be regretted that it is scarce possible for any
observer to be so full and exact as he could wish in reciting the ..."
5. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"... esculents may also, hi general, be used as greens. Nettles are a very common
substitute, and an excellent one when gathered tender. SECT. 1 1. ..."
6. A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20 by George Francis Lyon (1821)
"Aspect of the Country—State of Cultivation—Minerals—Animals—Birds—Vegetable
Productions—Fruits—esculents—Time and Manner of cultivating Grain—Water ..."
7. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"TRANSPLANTING CULINARY esculents. There are, for the most part, only three objects
in transplanting these (some of which, however, do not admit of the ..."
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