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edible adjective [ ˈɛdɪb(ə)l ]

• fit or suitable to be eaten.
• "the shrub has small edible berries"
Similar: safe to eat, fit to eat, fit to be eaten, fit for human consumption, wholesome, good to eat, consumable, digestible, palatable, comestible,
Opposite: inedible,

edible noun

• items of food.
• "the farm grows a variety of tropical plants yielding an amazing assortment of fruits and other edibles"
Origin: late 16th century: from late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere ‘eat’.


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