Eatable; edible; fit to be used for food: as, esculent plants; esculent fish.Furnishing an edible product: as, the esculent swift (a bird, Collocalia esculenta, whose nests are eaten in soup).n. Something that is eatable; that which is or may be used as food. Specificallyn. In common use, an edible vegetable, especially one that may be used as a condiment without cooking.