edible

adj
/ˈɛdɪbəl/UK/ˈɛdəbəl/US/ˈedɪbəl/

Etymology

From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable.

  1. derived from edō
  2. borrowed from edibilis

Definitions

  1. Capable of being eaten without harm

    Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

    • edible fruit
  2. Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish.

    • Although stale, the bread was edible.
    • Recently germinated seeds are often even more nutritious from the point of view of humans because the stored chemicals are often transformed into more edible and palatable substances.
  3. In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.

    • Gardens do not contain flowers and ornamental plants, but edible plants. Although edible, these gardens are equally valued for their aesthetic qualities. It is women who collect from edible gardens, […]
    • To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Anything edible.

    2. A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or…

      A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter or other marijuana.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at edible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at edible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at edible

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA