Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- suitable for use as food; edible.
noun
- something edible, especially a vegetable.
noun
- any edible substance
adjective
- edible
1620s, from Latin esculentus “good to eat, eatable,” from esca “food,” from PIE *eds-qa- (cf. Lithuanian eska “appetite”), from root *ed- “to eat” (see edible).