as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
Look for edible flowers at your specialty grocery store for an elegant presentation.
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Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
Experts say that among the affected are monolingual speakers of Spanish, Chinese, Mandarin and Mixteco; some foragers have mistaken the death cap mushroom for edible fungi from their native countries.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Root versus rhizome Although often referred to as fresh ginger root, the edible portion of the plant is actually a rhizome.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
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Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
Experts say that among the affected are monolingual speakers of Spanish, Chinese, Mandarin and Mixteco; some foragers have mistaken the death cap mushroom for edible fungi from their native countries.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap mushrooms are easily confused with safe, edible varieties.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Root versus rhizome Although often referred to as fresh ginger root, the edible portion of the plant is actually a rhizome.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 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 14 Feb. 2026.
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