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comestible

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10 lettersPronunciation /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted bceeilmostStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. suitable for use as food

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”).

Used in a sentence

  • Some herbes are most comestible.
  • 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.

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