What does poculent mean?
Poculent means (obsolete) Fit for drink..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Fit for drink..
Some of these herbs, which are not esculent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops and broom.
[…] the minute attention which the first physicians paid to the esculents and poculents of their patients […]
The use of unguents acts as raiment against heat and cold by preventing profuse perspiration and evaporation; it is the more necessary in a land where extreme lassitude and thirst necessitate a great consumption of poculents.
The fresh produce, moreover, has few charms as a poculent amongst barbarous and milk-drinking races: the Arabs and the Portuguese in Africa avoid it after the sun is high, believing it to increase bile, and eventually to cause fever […]
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Poculent means (obsolete) Fit for drink..
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Some of these herbs, which are not esculent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops and broom.
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