edible

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-- This plant is edible, the natives eating it boiled, fried or in salad.

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  1. adjective Fit to be eaten, especially by humans: edible roots; an edible mushroom.
  2. noun Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.

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  • He did not approve of their being totally dependent on them in order to be edible, and decided to postpone his investigation of Fantino until last. —  EQMM,May2008
  • Small shoots on the bushes were edible, his Ann Aspect told him.
  • He waddled over to inspect a discarded rag, turned and tossed it to be sure nothing edible was there, and then preened his wing pinions. —  Robin Hobb
  • He looked edible, as usual, if your thing is slender muscles, skin like honey over cream and sable hair that brushes his waist when he doesn't keep it pulled back. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • It's different with deer 'coz they're edible, and none of us can see the point of letting dogs 'ave their meat ... not when there's humans like us needs it Still hoping for saboteurs, Dick allowed himself to be drawn into discussion. —  Fox Evil
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succulent ·  tasty ·  nutritious ·  canned ·  luscious ·  digestible ·  ripe ·  savory ·  fibrous ·  indigenous ·  inedible ·  poisonous
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin edibilis, eatable, from Latin edere = English eat.
 

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/ˈɛdɪbl/
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