as in eating
suitable for use as food
edible plant products
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Recent Examples of edible
Image Here’s a primer on Carême, who wrote cookbooks, served kings, defined pastry as an edible form of architecture and is widely seen to be one of the world’s first celebrity chefs.
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Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The servings are hearty and prettily plated with edible flowers and micro vegetables from a farm that’s steps away from the kitchen.
—Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The club also offers more structured foraging classes where participants learn how to identify and utilize seasonal edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
Sometimes there is busted packaging, or almost expired, or expired but still edible, products.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
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Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The servings are hearty and prettily plated with edible flowers and micro vegetables from a farm that’s steps away from the kitchen.
—Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The club also offers more structured foraging classes where participants learn how to identify and utilize seasonal edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
Sometimes there is busted packaging, or almost expired, or expired but still edible, products.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 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
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 21 May. 2025.
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