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edible

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Etymology

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FromLate Latinedibilis,fromLatinedō(“eat”).

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edible(comparativemoreedible,superlativemostedible)

  1. Capable of beingeatenwithout harm; suitable forconsumption;innocuoustohumans.
    ediblefruit
  2. Capable of being eaten withoutdisgust.
    Although stale, the bread wasedible.
    • 1957,Jane Van Zandt Brower, “Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies”, in Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer, editors,Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries,published1996,page81:
      However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered moreediblethan its model, the Monarch, but initially lessedible(except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments.
    • 2006,Ernest Small,Culinary Herbs‎[1],page17:
      Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into moreedibleand palatable substances.
    • 2009,Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen,Figs,page 4:
      This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view.
  3. In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
    • 2020,Valentina Peveri,The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia,page 7:
      Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Althoughedible,these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect fromediblegardens,[…]
    • 2021,Rose Ray, Caro Langton,Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature,page62:
      To get started, how about creating anediblewindow box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.

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  • edibleis the most common term for “capable of being eaten”;eatableis rather informal, whilecomestibleis relatively formal.

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edible(pluraledibles)

  1. Anything edible.
    1. In particular, an ediblemushroom.
      Synonym:esculent
  2. Afoodstuff,usually abaked good,infused withtetrahydrocannabinolfromcannabutteror othermarijuana.

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