
[Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat.]
edibility ed'i·bil'i·ty or ed'i·ble·ness n.
adjective
noun
Definition: able to be eaten
Antonyms: harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable
adj.
Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
The park ranger taught us how to distinguish the edible berries from the poisonous ones.
Tutor's tip: When looking for new food sources, it's more important to be sure that vegetables are not only addable (or able to be increased), but that they are edible (suitable for eating).
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - spiselig, spise-
n. - fødevarer
Français (French)
adj. - comestible, bon à manger, mangeable
n. - comestible
Deutsch (German)
adj. - essbar, genießbar
n. - (etwas) Essbares, Esswaren, Lebens-/Nahrungsmittel
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φαγώσιμος, βρώσιμος, εδώδιμος
Italiano (Italian)
commestibile
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gênero alimentício, comestível
Español (Spanish)
adj. - comestible
n. - comestible, sustancias comestibles, comida
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ätbar
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可食用的, 食品, 食物
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可食用的
n. - 食品, 食物
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 먹을 수 있는
n. - 식용품
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 食べられる, 食用になる
n. - 食物, 食用品
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) صالح للأكل
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - אכיל, ראוי לאכילה
n. - מיני אוכל
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