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Thesaurus: comestible

Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

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Definitions

  1. a. Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
  2. n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.
  3. adj. suitable for use as food
  4. n. any substance that can be used as food
  5. Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent. Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray.
  6. Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot.
  7. n. any substance that can be used as food