edible : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: edible	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for edible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible adj suitable for use as food [syn: edible, comestible, eatable] Antonym(s): inedible, uneatable n any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"ible\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See {Eat}.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible* fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2. {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See {Crab}. {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana esculenta}), used as food. {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp. {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.