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English Dictionary: comestible	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comestible 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]:
Comestible \Comes"tible\, a. [F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. of comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat.] Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent. Some herbs are most comestible. --Sir T. Elyot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comestible \Comes"tible\, n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. --Thackeray.