as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
The event was derailed by a series of setbacks — including heavy rains that made a mess of the campground area where revelers complained of intolerable conditions and barely edible meals like cheese sandwiches.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Studies suggest that the addition of CBD to this mint, and the other two (as well as to any other edible with THC), either increases the effects of THC or decreases them.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
This edible robotic cake is the result of a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and pastry chefs and food scientists from EHL in Lausanne.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2025
Market Adoption and Product Examples The cannabis industry has embraced nano THC technology, leading to a variety of fast-acting edible products.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Studies suggest that the addition of CBD to this mint, and the other two (as well as to any other edible with THC), either increases the effects of THC or decreases them.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
This edible robotic cake is the result of a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and pastry chefs and food scientists from EHL in Lausanne.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2025
Market Adoption and Product Examples The cannabis industry has embraced nano THC technology, leading to a variety of fast-acting edible products.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edible
Adjective
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Another Internet-famous eating style is the keto diet, with minimal carbohydrates.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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There will also be a chicken wings eating contest from 1:30 to 2 p.m. and a burger eating contest from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Non-eating attractions include an artist alley, a communal mural, a family fun zone, a beer garden and two stages of live music.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 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 5 May. 2025.
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