Esculent and Nutritious

Esculent

Esculent adjective - Suitable for use as food.
Usage example: harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties
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Nutritious and esculent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nutritious" instead an adjective "Esculent".

Nutritious

Nutritious adjective - Providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth.
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Synonyms for Nutritious

Esculent and nutritious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Esculent" instead an adjective "Nutritious".

Nearby Words: nutritive, nutrition, nutritional, nutrient, nutritionally
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