edible
[ed-uh-buh l]
- fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
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- Usually edibles. edible substances; food.
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Origin of edible
Synonyms
See more synonyms for edible on Thesaurus.com1. comestible, consumable.
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Examples from the Web for edible
Contemporary Examples
In fact, Fast Company predicts that edible insects are already a $20 million industry in the U.S.
Before Kaye, edible taxidermy had not yet been introduced to the mainstream on an educational level.
Coffee beans are available in jewelry, keychain, soap, body spray and, of course, edible and brewable form.
Poking through this crunchy-sweet vegetable mound is edible ecstasy.
The Colombia trip includes foraging from forests outside Bogotá and eyeing orchids in Medellín (not edible).
Historical Examples
As a last resort this seaweed is edible, at any rate certain species of it.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
There are three ways by which he can become familiar with the edible kinds.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
Any edible mushroom can easily be kept for winter use by canning.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
There are no fixed rules by which you can tell a poisonous from an edible mushroom.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
It is edible but very great caution should be used to be sure of your species.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
edible
- fit to be eaten; eatable
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere to eat
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Word Origin and History for edible
adj.
1590s, from Late Latin edibilis "eatable," from Latin edere "to eat," from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cf. Sanskrit admi "I eat;" Greek edo "I eat;" Lithuanian edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" Old Irish ithim "I eat;" Gothic itan, Old Swedish and Old English etan, Old High German essan "to eat;" Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I eat;" Old Church Slavonic jasti "to eat," Russian jest "to eat").
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