comestible

adj

1. Suitable to be eaten; edible.

   “Some herbes are most comestible.”

   “What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.”

   “Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.”

   “From the palm nut we derive palm oil, the most comestible oil in our country and in the whole of Africa.”

noun

1. (in-plural)Anything that can be eaten; food.

   “Comestibles of all sorts came to view, and a smell of cooking spread itself among the trees.”

   “Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.”

   “For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.”

   “Precisely that, for example, homemade food, craft pottery, rough-hewn wood furniture, and consumption of comestibles in a barn, are not the usual daily experience is the reason it is fun, enticing and a contrast for a person when on holiday.”