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Comestible

noun
1.
Any substance that can be used as food.  Synonyms: eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals.






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"Comestible" Quotes from Famous Books



... which should be assigned to him, and I had to reply for him that he was a man of science; that he would be happy to serve the republic in whatever capacity his concitizens chose, but that he thought he could be most useful in studying the comestible vegetation of the neighborhood, and the substitution of the more succulent herbs for the flesh-meats to the use of which, he understood from me, the Altrurians were opposed. In the course of his preparation for the role of ...
— Through the Eye of the Needle - A Romance • W. D. Howells



Words linked to "Comestible" :   tuck, parve, nonpoisonous, killable, food, toothsome, non-poisonous, palatable, tender, pareve, inedible, digestible, nontoxic, nutrient



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