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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be eaten |
| Synonyms: | comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, fit, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable |
| Main Entry: | meat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of animal consumed as food |
| Synonyms: | aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual |
| Main Entry: | potable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drinkable |
| Synonyms: | edible, palatable, safe to drink |
| Main Entry: | vegetable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible part of plant |
| Synonyms: | edible, green, greens, herb, herbaceous plant, legume, produce, root, salad, truck, yellow |
| Notes: | fruit is the name given to those plants which have an ovary used for food; vegetable is the name given to a large category of herbaceous plants with parts used for food |
| Main Entry: | digestible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eatable |
| Synonyms: | absorbable, edible |
| Main Entry: | comestible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | eatable, edible, esculent, provisions, victual |
| Main Entry: | aliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | comestible, eats, edible, esculent, fare, foodstuff, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, provision, sustenance, victuals |
| Main Entry: | esculent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fit to be eaten |
| Synonyms: | comestible, consumable, digestible, eatable, edible, palatable |
| Main Entry: | foodstuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | aliment, comestible, comestibles, eatables, edible, edibles, fare, fodder, groceries, grub, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, provision, provisions, rations, staple, sustenance, viand, viands, victual, victuals |
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