as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
The plant produces edible summer fruit with red or yellow flesh and a rind that can be eaten raw or pickled.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
The seeds are olive green, flat, and oval-shaped with a pointed end; they're covered in an edible yellow-white shell, or husk.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that takes a few years to produce edible spears.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
Their guide has spotted some edible rainforest ants.
—John Otis, NPR, 30 May 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
The seeds are olive green, flat, and oval-shaped with a pointed end; they're covered in an edible yellow-white shell, or husk.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that takes a few years to produce edible spears.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
Their guide has spotted some edible rainforest ants.
—John Otis, NPR, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for edible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for edible
Adjective
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In addition to guidelines that prohibit explicit pro-eating disorder content, Instagram and TikTok have dedicated pages about getting help for eating disorders.—
Jordyn Tovey,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
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Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.—
James Stout,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
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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 7 Jun. 2026.
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