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Webster 1913 Edition


Comestible

Co-mes′ti-ble

,
Adj.
[F.
comestible
, fr. L.
comesus
,
comestus
, p. p. of
comedere
to eat;
com-
+
edere
to eat.]
Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
Some herbs are most
comestible
.
Sir T. Elyot.

Co-mes′ti-ble

,
Noun.
Something suitable to be eaten; – commonly in the plural.
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Comestible

COMESTIBLE

,
Adj.
Eatable.