comestible
adjective/kəˈmestəbl/
/kəˈmestəbl/
(formal)- that can be eaten synonym edibleWord Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, from medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comest- ‘eaten up’, from the verb comedere, from com- ‘altogether’ + edere ‘eat’.
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