as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
None of the images depicts edible crops, implying their purpose was aesthetic rather than agricultural or ritualistic.
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Jasmin Sykes, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The 2026 festival menu has 56 edible items, 30 of which are listed as new to the fest.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
Death cap mushrooms may resemble edible mushrooms found in Central America, experts said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
The edible part of okra is the plant’s immature seedpods, which contain high levels of a substance called mucilage.
—Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
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Jasmin Sykes, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The 2026 festival menu has 56 edible items, 30 of which are listed as new to the fest.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
Death cap mushrooms may resemble edible mushrooms found in Central America, experts said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
The edible part of okra is the plant’s immature seedpods, which contain high levels of a substance called mucilage.
—Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edible
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These food categories are staples for most eating patterns that experts recommend for general health and disease prevention.1 1.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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America Healthy Again, the clean-eating, vaccine-skeptical movement that opposes corruption in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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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 25 Jan. 2026.
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