As recently as 100 years ago, American mushroom hunters tested edibility by eating.
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I learned about the edibility in Scouting, processing the roots for a starchy flour.
From the economist.com
The edibility of Agaricus deserticola mushrooms is not known definitively.
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The flat, white mushroom is prized for its edibility and lack of confusing look-alikes.
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This change in coloration may not correlate with fruit edibility.
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Upham points out that we get questions about the edibility of sweet potatoes that form in the soil.
From the kansas.com
If treating an ornamental plant, edibility is not a factor.
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Skylab food significantly improved on its predecessors by prioritizing edibility over scientific needs.
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Not to mention its fragrance, edibility and sustainability.
From the guardian.co.uk
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The property of being fit to eat
(edible) comestible: any substance that can be used as food
(edible) suitable for use as food
Eating is the ingestion of food to provide for all humans and animals nutritional needs, particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores consume a mixture of both. ...
Anything edible; That can be eaten without harm; non-toxic to humans; suitable for consumption; That can be eaten without disgust
(edible) (adj.) able to be eaten
(EDIBLE) Cafe formerly located on College Avenue near the Rockridge Bart Station. During it's heyday, was perhaps the best cafe in the East Bay. Replaced in the late 1990's by a crepe restaurant.
(Edible) Able to use as a food by people for nutrients; not poisonous. Inedible means something that people can not gain nutrients from, or which may cause sickness when eaten.