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ed·i·ble

(ĕd′ə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to be eaten, especially by humans: edible roots; an edible mushroom.
n.
Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.
[Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
ed′i·bil′i·ty, ed′i·ble·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. edibility - the property of being fit to eat
property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
digestibility, digestibleness - the property of being easy to digest
indigestibility, indigestibleness - the property of being difficult to digest
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Translations
صالِحِيَّة الأكْل
spiselighed
ehetõség
òaî aî vera ætur
jedlosť
yenilebilirlik

edibility

[ˌedɪˈbɪlətɪ] N → comestibilidad f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

edibility

n → Essbarkeit f, → Genießbarkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

edibility

[ˌɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → commestibilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

edible

(ˈedəbl) adjective
fit to be eaten. Are these berries edible? eetbaar صالِح للأكْل ядлив comestível jedlý eßbar spiselig εδώδιμος comestible söödav خوردنی syötävä comestible אכיל खाने योग्य jestiv ehető bisa dimakan ætur commestibile 食べられる 식용의 valgomas ēdams boleh dimakan eetbaar spiselig jadalny دخوراك، دخوراك وړ comestível comestibil съедобный jedlý užiten jestiv ätlig ที่สามารถกินได้ yenilebilir 可食用的 їстівний; придатний для їжі کھانے کے لائق ăn được 可食用的
ˌediˈbility noun
eetbaarheid صالِحِيَّة الأكْل ядливост comestibilidade poživatelnost die Eßbarkeit spiselighed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. εδώδιμο comestibilidad söödavus قابلیت خوراک syömäkelpoisuus comestibilité אַכִילוּת खाद्यता, भोज्यता jestivost ehetőség kelezatan það að vera ætur commestibilità 食べられること 먹을 수 있음 tinkamumas valgyti ēdamība kebolehan makan eetbaarheid det å være spiselig jadalność دخوراك وړ comestibilidade caracter comestibil съедобность jedlosť užitnost jestivost ätlighet อาหาร; สิ่งที่กินได้ yenilebilirlik 可食用性 їстівність کھانے کے قابل ہونے کی صفت tính có thể ăn được 可食用性
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