as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
This leaves Belly's head a little fuzzy, that and the edible.
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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
For a spooky twist, make Rice Krispie treats into the shape of ghosts, covering the tops with a drizzle of white chocolate and giving the ghosts faces using edible googly-eyes.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Coconut is an edible plant that may help control blood sugar and cholesterol, support weight loss, and prevent cell damage.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Aug. 2025
Any edible plant that contains seeds is considered a fruit, so the chayote, which has one large seed at the center, is technically a fruit.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
For a spooky twist, make Rice Krispie treats into the shape of ghosts, covering the tops with a drizzle of white chocolate and giving the ghosts faces using edible googly-eyes.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Coconut is an edible plant that may help control blood sugar and cholesterol, support weight loss, and prevent cell damage.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Aug. 2025
Any edible plant that contains seeds is considered a fruit, so the chayote, which has one large seed at the center, is technically a fruit.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edible
Adjective
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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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Nightmares and negative emotions during dreams were also more common among study participants who reported unhealthier eating patterns, Nielsen told Health.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
8 July 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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