Definition of "comestible" []

• Fit to be eaten; edible. (adjective)
• Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If an herb, spice, or other comestible is one I’ve never heard of, I buy it immediately."
• "Had I simply gone to the store without thinking, the word 'comestible' would never have occurred to me ...."
• "The men could hardly figure just how the stuff came to be considered a "comestible," for it was not palatable."