edible
adjective/ˈedəbl/
/ˈedəbl/
- fit or suitable to be eaten; not poisonous
- The food at the hotel was barely edible.
- edible fungi/snails/flowers
- The vegetables were old but still looked edible.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEdible is used with these nouns:- mushroom
- snail
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere ‘eat’.Want to learn more?
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