co·mes·ti·ble 
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adj. Fit to be eaten; edible.
n. Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.
[French, from Old French, from Late Latin comēstibilis, from Latin comēstus, alteration (influenced by pōtus, drunk) of comēsus, past participle of comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + edere, to eat; see ed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]