esculent

• n. 食用品，可食用物
• adj. 可食用的，适于食用的

英文词源

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."

双语例句

1. The potato is an invaluable esculent.

马铃薯是极有价值的食物.

来自辞典例句

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种植的蔬菜.

来自辞典例句

3. The percentage of esculent part of fruit is low.

果实可食率低.

来自互联网

4. The amount of the food in pagoda is the esculent part of raw material.

膳食宝塔建议的各类食物摄入量都是指食物可食部分的生重.

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5. Squirrels and Eurasian nutcrackers selected always the esculent seeds in Korean pine cones, about 73.

松鼠和星鸦会选择具有萌发活力的红松种子贮藏在地被物下,在红松球果内种子只有73.

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