fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent: Are you sure this is edible?
noun
Usually edibles .
an edible substance; food: a basket of fruit, cheeses, and other tasty edibles.
Also called ma·ri·jua·na ed·i·ble[mar-uh-wah-nuh-ed-uh-buhl], /ˌmær əˈwɑ nə ˈɛd ə bəl/, can·na·bis ed·i·ble[kan-uh-bis ed-uh-buhl] /ˈkæn ə bɪs ˈɛd ə bəl/ .a food or drink product that is infused with marijuana and ingested as an alternative to smoking or vaping the drug: The dispensary sells many popular edibles from candies and cookies to ciders and sodas.
Also called CBD ed·i·ble[see-bee-dee-ed-uh-buhl] /ˈsiˈbiˈdi ˈɛd ə bəl/ .a food or drink product that is infused with CBD: Our food co-op just stocked a special display of CBD edibles, including chocolate bars and tea.
Origin of edible
First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin edibilis, equivalent to ed(ere) “to eat” + -ibilis adjective suffix; see origin at eat, -ible
Paper menus were composted and fed to worms, which were dehydrated and fed to fish, whose ammonia-rich waste fertilized the lettuces, guava plants, curry leaves, and edible flowers used in the kitchen.
This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen?|Bobbie Johnson|September 24, 2020|MIT Technology Review
They deliver their goods to the root microbiome through pumping exudates—a homemade brew of carbohydrates, phytochemicals, and other edibles—into the soil.
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too - Issue 90: Something Green|Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery|September 23, 2020|Nautilus
Apeel takes that edible substance made of ubiquitous plant material and creates a solution in which the molecules are arranged more closely to those on a lemon after drying on a piece of produce.
Exclusive: Startup Apeel is launching ‘plastic-free’ cucumbers at Walmart to cut back on waste|Beth Kowitt|September 21, 2020|Fortune
I have never had strong opinions about cannabis—whether smoking or edible—and I’ve always had an adverse reaction to THC.
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on launching a hemp-infused sparkling water brand|Rachel King|August 24, 2020|Fortune
It’s not unlike the rise of cannabis edibles as an alternative to sharing joints or pipes.
Covid-19 helped make hard seltzer a $2 billion business|Jenni Avins|August 15, 2020|Quartz
In fact, Fast Company predicts that edible insects are already a $20 million industry in the U.S.
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?|DailyBurn|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before Kaye, edible taxidermy had not yet been introduced to the mainstream on an educational level.
Edible Taxidermy: It’s a Good Thing|Lizzie Crocker|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Coffee beans are available in jewelry, keychain, soap, body spray and, of course, edible and brewable form.
Will Coffee Rust Hurt Starbucks?|Nina Strochlic|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Poking through this crunchy-sweet vegetable mound is edible ecstasy.
Become a Fried Seafood Believer at South Beach Market|Jane & Michael Stern|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Colombia trip includes foraging from forests outside Bogotá and eyeing orchids in Medellín (not edible).
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California|Debra A. Klein|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The crisp, sweet, watery pink pulp enveloping each seed is the edible portion of the Pomegranate.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands|Gerrit Parmile Wilder
If served with any meat making an abundant gravy, cook as directed under the plate of Edible Russulas.
Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Anonymous
This implies that mushrooms are edible and that toadstools are poisonous, and this belief is very widespread in the public mind.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson
Mary Grant and the Major, who had not thought highly of the edible fern till then, now ate of it heartily.
In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne
There are three ways by which he can become familiar with the edible kinds.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
British Dictionary definitions for edible
edible
/ (ˈɛdɪbəl) /
adjective
fit to be eaten; eatable
Derived forms of edible
edibilityoredibleness, noun
Word Origin for edible
C17: from Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere to eat