'Edible' definitions:

Definition of 'edible'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Suitable for use as food [syn: edible, comestible, eatable] [ant: inedible, uneatable]
noun
Any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]

Definition of 'Edible'

From: GCIDE
  • Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. [1913 Webster]
  • Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2.
  • Edible crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.
  • Edible frog (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ({Rana esculenta}), used as food.
  • Edible snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe. [1913 Webster]