[ed-uh-buh
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| 1. | fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent. |
| 2. | Usually, edibles. edible substances; food. |
| ed·i·ble (ěd'ə-bəl) adj. Fit to be eaten, especially by humans: edible roots; an edible mushroom. n. Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat. [Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.] ed'i·bil'i·ty, ed'i·ble·ness n. |