Edibility

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    suitability for use as food uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the property of being fit to eat wordnet

Example

More examples

"The need of the mycologist, mycophagist and amateur toadstool student is a book giving the genus, names and descriptions of the prominent American toadstools whose edibility has been tested, or whose poisonous qualities have been discovered."

Etymology

From edible + -ity.

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