Edible Meaning
/ˈɛdɪbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
adjCapable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.
Sentence Examples
Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
Look, today was 'sea harvest' so let's go forage for edible plants tomorrow!
Radioactive contamination was detected in spinach and edible chrysanthemum.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The forager identified which wild mushrooms are ____ and which are poisonous.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Carrots and turnips are ____ roots.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments."
— 1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, “Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies”, in Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer, editors, Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, published 1996, page 81:
"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."
— 2006, Ernest Small, Culinary Herbs, page 17:
"This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view."
— 2009, Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs, page 4:
"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, […]"
— 2020, Valentina Peveri, The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia, page 7:
"To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two."
— 2021, Rose Ray, Caro Langton, Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature, page 62:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The forager identified which wild mushrooms are ____ and which are poisonous.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Carrots and turnips are ____ roots.