as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
The fondue itself was edible, but it wasn’t made of cheese.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
Finally, the flowers and young, hairless foliage are edible, tasting somewhat like cucumbers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
Here, despite the surrounding metropolis, the rhythms of nature are felt through design, cuisine, and what is likely Osaka’s first edible garden at an urban hotel, already growing 20 different herbs—chervil, chamomile, wild strawberries, borage flowers, and six different types of mint.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2025
While some seaweed is edible, sargassum seaweed found in Florida is generally not recommended to eat due to potential health risks.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
Finally, the flowers and young, hairless foliage are edible, tasting somewhat like cucumbers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
Here, despite the surrounding metropolis, the rhythms of nature are felt through design, cuisine, and what is likely Osaka’s first edible garden at an urban hotel, already growing 20 different herbs—chervil, chamomile, wild strawberries, borage flowers, and six different types of mint.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2025
While some seaweed is edible, sargassum seaweed found in Florida is generally not recommended to eat due to potential health risks.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edible
Adjective
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Another Internet-famous eating style is the keto diet, with minimal carbohydrates.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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There will also be a chicken wings eating contest from 1:30 to 2 p.m. and a burger eating contest from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Non-eating attractions include an artist alley, a communal mural, a family fun zone, a beer garden and two stages of live music.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Via a show kitchen, diners will be able to watch chefs prepare the tasting menu, inspired by a knotted garden, which is believed to always contain something green, in flower, or eatable.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2023
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The remaining trees are Adirondack crabapple trees, another fragrant tree that blooms white flowers bearing dime-sized apple-like fruit and autumn brilliance serviceberry or juneberry, which Desotelle said bears an eatable fruit that’s a cross between an apple and a blueberry.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Edible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edible. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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