edible

(ĕd'ə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to be eaten, especially by humans: edible roots; an edible mushroom.

n.
Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.

[Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat.]

edibility ed'i·bil'i·ty or ed'i·ble·ness n.

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adjective

Fit to be eaten: comestible, eatable, esculent. See ingestion.

noun

Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

adj

Definition: able to be eaten
Antonyms: harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable

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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.

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IN BRIEF: Suitable or safe for eating.

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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• Food in General - edibles: anything that may be eaten

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See words rhyming with "edibility."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - spiselig, spise-
n. - fødevarer

Nederlands (Dutch)
eetbaar

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

Русский (Russian)
съедобный

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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