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."
雙語例句
1. The potato is an invaluable esculent.
馬鈴薯是極有價值的食物.
來自辭典例句
2. The pumpkin is the only esculent of the orange family that will thrive in the North.
南瓜是柑橘科中唯一能在北方種植的蔬菜.
來自辭典例句
3. The percentage of esculent part of fruit is low.
果實可食率低.
來自互聯網
4. The amount of the food in pagoda is the esculent part of raw material.
膳食寶塔建議的各類食物攝入量都是指食物可食部分的生重.
來自互聯網
5. Squirrels and Eurasian nutcrackers selected always the esculent seeds in Korean pine cones, about 73.