edible
/ˈɛdəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.63 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
noun
Anything edible.
noun
Anything edible.
noun
A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol and/or other cannabinoids from cannabutter or other marijuana.
Example Sentences
- "edible fruit"
- "Although stale, the bread was edible."
- "However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments."
- "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."
- "This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view."
- "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, […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁ed-, edibilis, edō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛdəbəl/
- British English: /ˈɛdɪbəl/