# edible

Pronunciation: US say "ED-uh-buhl" /ˈɛdəbəl/; say "ED-i-buhl" UK /ˈɛdɪbəl/, AUS /ˈedɪbəl/

## Adjective

1. Safe to eat; fit to be consumed by people without causing them any harm.
   - Simple: Safe for people to eat because it will not hurt them.
   - _The candies come wrapped in thin rice paper, which is edible and dissolves on the tongue._
   - _Unlike its poisonous cousin, the shrub bears edible berries that ripen in late summer._
3. Acceptable enough in taste or condition to be eaten without disgust or distaste.
   - Simple: Good enough to eat without finding it disgusting or unpleasant.
   - _The cafeteria lasagna was barely edible, but we were too hungry to complain._
   - _A squeeze of lemon and plenty of salt turned the watery soup into something edible._
5. Of a garden or other planted space: used for growing plants that people harvest and eat.
   - Simple: Used for growing plants that people pick and eat.
   - _The restaurant's edible garden supplies most of the greens and herbs on its menu._
   - _The city is planning an edible park, where residents can pick apples and plums from public trees._

## Noun

2. A food, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from cannabis butter or another marijuana product.
   - Simple: A food, usually something baked, that has the drug from marijuana in it.
   - _The dispensary stocks edibles ranging from chocolate bars to sour gummies._
   - _She preferred a cannabis edible to smoking, since it left no smell in her apartment._
4. Anything that is fit to be eaten; an item of food.
   - Simple: Any kind of food, or anything else that you can eat.
   - _During the famine, villagers boiled acorns, nettles, bark, and any other edible that might fill a stomach._
   - _Volunteers sorted the donations, setting the edibles apart from the clothing and blankets._
6. A mushroom that can be eaten safely, as opposed to a poisonous or inedible one.
   - Simple: A mushroom that is safe for people to eat.
   - _The mycology club's fall foray turned up a dozen edibles and twice as many poisonous species._
   - _Chanterelles are a choice edible, but beginners sometimes confuse them with the poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushroom._

## Origin

From Late Latin edibilis, which comes from Latin edō, meaning 'eat'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/edible (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).