The bird is called the esculent swallow, and the trade in this strange article of diet is a very large one. From Wordnik.com. [Swiss Family Robinson] Reference
The principal vegetables are Badanjan (Egg-plant), the Bamiyah (a kind of esculent hibiscus, called Bhendi in India), and Mulukhiyah. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Give me some account of the nest of the esculent martin. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference
It is quite ornamental, but of little value as an esculent. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It is of little value as an esculent, and is rarely cultivated. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Millet is an esculent grain, originally brought from the Eastern countries. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
The plant is more generally used for medicinal purposes than as an esculent. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Wheat, potatoes, and many esculent plants, or fruits, were introduced by the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
Other plants of this tribe are esculent vegetables, as the Spinach, Beet, and Orach. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The plant is rarely used in this country, either as an esculent or for medical purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
This is a perennial plant from Peru, and deserves mention as a recently introduced esculent. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It is a hardy, annual plant; and its cultivation and use as an esculent are almost universal. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It is grown also in Egypt, Syria, and some of the adjacent countries, for its esculent roots. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
They are all esculent, but when mingled with other substances they should be looked on only as. From Wordnik.com. [The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.] Reference
This wholesome esculent is used in a variety of ways, and is very much prized in some households. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
It is generally cultivated on account of its serpent-like form, rather than for its value as an esculent. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Did the gallant privateer possibly talk with the farmer about the introduction of that new esculent, the potato?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Generally speaking, a few plants in pots are all that are required where the fruit is not valued as an esculent. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
It is of little value as an esculent; and, compared with many other leguminous plants, not worthy of cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Edible algae as well as higher plants that are manipulated so that they are esculent as a whole are cultivated there. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 9, 2004 - May 15, 2004 Archives] Reference
This is an important point in the cultivation of this esculent, and should be attended to with painstaking discretion. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
Though inferior to some of the finer sorts of garden-beans, its value as an esculent has not been generally appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
But much depends upon the method of growing the esculent; the construction of the house or cellar, and other circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
It is very prolific, of fair quality as an esculent, and one of the best for cultivating for stock or for agricultural purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It is a rule that nothing so stimulates the production of cream in the financial pastures as that curious esculent the greenback. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870] Reference
To these we may add, if we take herbs in the Scriptural sense, nasturtium, and that toothsome esculent, the onion, as well as lettuce. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
Unfortunately the esculent vegetable productions of the country are neither plentiful, nor tend very effectually to remove this disease. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Botany Bay] Reference
Maney of those plants produce those esculent roots which forms a principal part of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
Are the acorns of the mountain sweeter than the esculent and nutritious bean of the Pale Face miner?. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers] Reference
Every lover of that invaluable esculent has reason to remember with gratitude the settlers of Londonderry. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
As soon as any esculent body is introduced into the mouth it is confiscated hopelessly, gas, juice and all. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
They are all esculent, but when mingled with other substances they should be looked on only as a seasoning. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
The remainder of the garden presented a well-selected assortment of esculent vegetables, in a praiseworthy state of advancement. From Wordnik.com. [House of the Seven Gables] Reference
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