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digestible
That can be digested
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  1. That can be digested
  2. Capable of being digested.
  3. Readily or easily digested:
eatable
Able to be eaten; edible.
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  1. Able to be eaten; edible.
  2. Fit to be eaten; edible:
comestible
(Rare) Eatable; edible
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  1. (Rare) Eatable; edible
  2. Fit to be eaten; edible.
consumable
That may be eaten.
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  1. That may be eaten.
  2. Capable of being depleted or worn out by use:
  3. That is consumed or depleted upon use.
esculent
Suitable for eating; edible.
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  1. Suitable for eating; edible.
  2. Fit for food; edible
dietary
Of a dietary
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  1. Of a dietary
  2. Of, or relating to diet
nutritious
Providing nourishment; nourishing.
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  1. Providing nourishment; nourishing.
  2. (Of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat.
good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Socially correct; proper:
safe
Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
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  1. Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
  2. Usable in specified conditions without being damaged. Often used in combination:
  3. Involving no risk, often, specif., because well-founded
delicious
Very pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell
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  1. Very pleasing to the senses, esp. to taste or smell
  2. Very pleasant; delightful:
  3. Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.
succulent
Any of various plants having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti and the jade plant are succulents. Succulents are usually adapted to drier environments and display other characteristics that reduce water loss, such as waxy coatings on leaves and stems, fewer stomata than occur on other plants, and stout, rounded stems that minimize surface area.
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  1. Any of various plants having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti and the jade plant are succulents. Succulents are usually adapted to drier environments and display other characteristics that reduce water loss, such as waxy coatings on leaves and stems, fewer stomata than occur on other plants, and stout, rounded stems that minimize surface area.
  2. Interesting or delectable
  3. Highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable:
palatable
Acceptable or agreeable to the mind or sensibilities:
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  1. Acceptable or agreeable to the mind or sensibilities:
  2. Acceptable to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten.
  3. Pleasant or acceptable to the taste; fit to be eaten or drunk
appetizing
Savory; delicious
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  1. Savory; delicious
  2. That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
  3. Appealing to or stimulating the appetite.
tasty
(Now Rare) tasteful
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  1. (Now Rare) tasteful
  2. Having a pleasing flavor; savory.
  3. That tastes good; flavorful; savory
nutritive
Nutritious; nourishing.
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  1. Nutritious; nourishing.
  2. Of or relating to nutrition.
  3. Promoting nutrition; nutritious
culinary
Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.
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  1. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.
  2. Of cooking
  3. Suitable for or used in cooking
kosher
(Loosely) Prepared according to traditional Jewish recipes
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  1. (Loosely) Prepared according to traditional Jewish recipes
  2. Serving or dealing with food prepared according to such laws
  3. (Judaism) Clean or fit to eat according to the dietary laws: Lev. 11
ok
In proper or satisfactory operational or working order:
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  1. In proper or satisfactory operational or working order:
  2. All right, permitted
  3. Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
yummy
(Colloquial, lighthearted, often childish) delicious.
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  1. (Colloquial, lighthearted, often childish) delicious.
  2. Very pleasing to the taste or smell; delicious.
  3. Very pleasant or attractive.
comestible
Fit to be eaten; edible.
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  1. Fit to be eaten; edible.
  2. (Rare) Eatable; edible
eatable
Able to be eaten; edible.
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  1. Able to be eaten; edible.
  2. Fit to be eaten; edible:
esculent
Fit for food; edible
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  1. Fit for food; edible
  2. Suitable for eating; edible.
aliment
Something that supports or sustains.
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  1. Something that supports or sustains.
  2. Means of support; necessity
  3. Anything that nourishes; food
bread
Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
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  1. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
  2. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
  3. Food generally
comestible
Something that can be eaten as food:
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  1. Something that can be eaten as food:
  2. Food
diet
A program or plan consisting of a special or limited selection of food and drink and designed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight; specif., such a program or plan designed to promote weight loss
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  1. A program or plan consisting of a special or limited selection of food and drink and designed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight; specif., such a program or plan designed to promote weight loss
  2. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly:
  3. The food and drink such a plan prescribes
esculent
Something fit for food, esp. a vegetable
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  1. Something fit for food, esp. a vegetable
fare
Food available to be eaten
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  1. Food available to be eaten
  2. The usual kind of diet
  3. Food and drink; diet:
food
Material, especially carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, that an organism uses for energy, growth, and maintaining the processes of life. Plants, algae, and some bacteria make their own food through photosynthesis, while animals and most other organisms obtain food by consuming other organisms or organic matter.
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  1. Material, especially carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, that an organism uses for energy, growth, and maintaining the processes of life. Plants, algae, and some bacteria make their own food through photosynthesis, while animals and most other organisms obtain food by consuming other organisms or organic matter.
  2. Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment:
  3. A specified kind of nourishment:
foodstuff
An instance of material which may be used as food.
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  1. An instance of material which may be used as food.
  2. Any substance used as food
meat
The essence, substance, or gist:
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  1. The essence, substance, or gist:
  2. The flesh of animals used as food, esp. the flesh of mammals or, often, of fowl
  3. Food; esp., solid food, as distinguished from drink
nourishment
A nourishing or being nourished
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  1. A nourishing or being nourished
  2. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
  3. Something that nourishes; food; nutriment
nurture
(--- Biology) The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
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  1. (--- Biology) The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
  2. The act or process of raising or promoting the development of; training, educating, fostering, etc.
  3. Anything that nourishes; food; nutriment
nutriment
Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health
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  1. Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health
  2. Anything that nourishes; food
  3. A source of nourishment; food.
nutrition
Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food
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  1. Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food
  2. The scientific study of food and nourishment, including food composition, dietary guidelines, and the roles that various nutrients have in maintaining health.
  3. A source of nourishment; food.
pabulum
Insipid intellectual nourishment:
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  1. Insipid intellectual nourishment:
  2. Nourishment for the mind
  3. Food or sustenance
pap
Any oversimplified or bland writing, ideas, etc.
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  1. Any oversimplified or bland writing, ideas, etc.
  2. Material lacking real value or substance:
  3. Any soft or semiliquid food for babies or invalids
provender
Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
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  1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
  2. Food or provisions.
provision
A clause, as in a legal document, agreement, etc., stipulating or requiring some specific thing; proviso; condition
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  1. A clause, as in a legal document, agreement, etc., stipulating or requiring some specific thing; proviso; condition
  2. The act of making preparations for a possible or future event or situation:
  3. Necessary supplies, such as food and clothing, as for a journey.
sustenance
Something that sustains something else; essential support:
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  1. Something that sustains something else; essential support:
  2. One's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
  3. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health:
victual
(Informal, Dial.) Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use
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  1. (Informal, Dial.) Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use
  2. (Now Chiefly Dial.) Food or other provisions
chow
Any of a breed of medium-sized dog, originally from China, with a thick, dark coat and a blue-black tongue
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  1. Any of a breed of medium-sized dog, originally from China, with a thick, dark coat and a blue-black tongue
  2. (Slang) Food or mealtime
eats
(Slang) Food.
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  1. (Slang) Food.
  2. Food, especially snacks.
grub
The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
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  1. The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
  2. (Old, Informal) A person who does menial or tedious work; drudge
  3. (Slang) Food.
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  • Muldrow had said the land was overgrown with edible plants.

  • The contents of the nut are edible as in the coco-nut.

  • Do you know how many edible plants grow naturally in our own front yards?

  • Porphyra laciniata, the edible laver; Codium tomentosum, a coarse species; Padina pavonia, common in shallow water; Ulva latissima; Haliseris polypodioides; Sargassum bacciferum; the well-known gulf weed, probably transported from the Atlantic; Zostera marina, forming dense beds in muddy bays; the roots are cast up by storms and are valuable to dress the fields.

  • Of the edible river fish, the best known is the pirarucd (Sudis gigas), a large fish of the Amazon which is salted and dried for market during the low-water season.

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