A Number of the Best Edible Fungi, illustration from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward, 1923
An edible item is any item that is safe for humans to eat. "Edible" is differentiated from "eatable" because it does not indicate how an item tastes, only whether it is fit to be eaten. Nonpoisonous items found in nature – such as some mushrooms, insects, seaweed, and so forth – are referred to as edible. Processed items that normally are not ingested but are specially manufactured to be so, like edible underwear or edible packaging, are also labeled as edible.[1]
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An edible item is any item that is safe for humans to eat. "Edible" is differentiated from "eatable" because it does not indicate how an item tastes,...
Edible mushrooms are the fleshy fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi that bear fruiting structures large enough to be seen with the naked...
Edible plants include: List of culinary fruits List of culinary herbs and spices List of culinary nuts List of edible cactuses List of edible flowers...
A cannabis edible, also known as a cannabis-infused food or simply an edible, is a food item (either homemade or produced commercially) that contains...
Edible gold is a particular type of gold authorized by the European Union and the United States as a food additive, under the code E 175. It is used in...
Edible underwear is a candy product which is made into the form of, and can function as, underwear, but which is edible. The product was invented by David...
Edible seaweed, or sea vegetables, are seaweeds that can be eaten and used for culinary purposes. They typically contain high amounts of fiber. They may...
Edible ink printing is the process of creating preprinted images with edible food colors onto various confectionery products such as cookies, cakes and...
Edible flowers are flowers that can be consumed safely. Flowers may be eaten as vegetables as a main part of a meal, or may be used as herbs. Flowers are...
which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propagated using the movements of humans...
Some arachnids may be used for human consumption (edible arachnids), either whole or as an ingredient in processed food products such as cheese (Milbenkäse)...
An edible seed is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, seeds are the dominant source of human calories...
and are used as a source of food and as an ingredient in various dishes. Edible jellyfish is a seafood that is harvested and consumed in several East and...
East Asian mushrooms and fungi are often used in East Asian cuisine, either fresh or dried. According to Chinese traditional medicine, many types of mushroom...
Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis. Globally...
The European edible dormouse or European fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus Glis, found in most...
Edible lichens are lichens that have a cultural history of use as a food. Although almost all lichen are edible (with some notable poisonous exceptions...
The Edible Woman is the first novel by Margaret Atwood, published in 1969, which helped to establish Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It...
Pod vegetables are a type of fruit vegetables where pods are often eaten when they are still green. Such plants as green beans or Lotus tetragonolobus...
The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter...
insects and convenient for research and classroom study of zoology. They are edible by humans. They have been eaten throughout history and are considered a...
An edible vaccine is a food, typically plants, that contain vitamins, proteins or other nourishment that act as a vaccine against a certain disease. Once...
"Ecoport". Ecoport. Retrieved 2013-12-15. Medsger, Oliver Perry (1972). Edible Wild Plants. New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 116–118. ISBN 978-0-02-080910-4...
The Indian Swiftlet or Indian edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus unicolor) is a small swift. It is a common resident colonial breeder in the hills of Sri...
Edible plant stems are one part of plants that are eaten by humans. Most plants are made up of stems, roots, leaves, flowers, and produce fruits containing...
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