as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
Chia seeds are tiny, edible seeds that pack a nutritional punch, helping to support stable blood sugar levels thanks to their high fiber and protein content.
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Mochi Milk is perhaps the most edible of the three, bolstered by hints of marshmallow, vanilla bean and sweet rice milk.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
If at least 75% of food is still edible, drivers can fill out a form to find a nearby site to drop off the food as a tax-deductible donation.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
The city limits registration to no more than one cannabis retailer, which does not apply to businesses with lower-potency hemp edible retailer registrations.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Mochi Milk is perhaps the most edible of the three, bolstered by hints of marshmallow, vanilla bean and sweet rice milk.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
If at least 75% of food is still edible, drivers can fill out a form to find a nearby site to drop off the food as a tax-deductible donation.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
The city limits registration to no more than one cannabis retailer, which does not apply to businesses with lower-potency hemp edible retailer registrations.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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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 Nov. 2025.
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