Edible

Quick meaning: Edible is an adjective meaning Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

Meaning

Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

More Meanings

1. Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.
2. In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
3. Anything edible.
4. A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana.

Example Sentences

edible fruit

Although stale, the bread was edible.

Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances.

Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […]

Word Forms

• edibles

Synonyms for edible

Depending on context, synonyms include comestible, eatable, eatworthy, consumable, esculent, nibbleable.

Antonyms for edible

Common opposites include inedible, uneatable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eatable, comestible, pabulum, victual, killable, nontoxic.

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