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Edibility

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ed·i·ble  (d-bl)
adj.
Fit to be eaten: edible roots; an edible mushroom.
n.
Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.
[Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
edi·bili·ty, edi·ble·ness n.
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Noun1.edibility - the property of being fit to eat
edibleness
property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
digestibility, digestibleness - the property of being easy to digest
indigestibility, indigestibleness - the property of being difficult to digest
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These brave child surrogates all develop mastery not by being protected from their own edibility by adopting others' views of who they ought to be but by denying it and transcending it by themselves.
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As early as 1953, government reports documented isolated fish kills from fertilizer runoff, odors of oil from the fish and loss of edibility, and, later, in the 1970s, repeated episodes of acidity, pollution, and fish kills (GICI 2001).
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