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Definition of Edibleness
1. Noun. The property of being fit to eat.
Generic synonyms: Property
Specialized synonyms: Digestibility, Digestibleness, Indigestibility, Indigestibleness
Derivative terms: Edible, Edible
Definition of Edibleness
1. n. Suitableness for being eaten.
Definition of Edibleness
1. Noun. edibility ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edibleness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edibleness
Literary usage of Edibleness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"On the subject of its edibleness Mr. CF Saunders writes entertainingly in the
Philadelphia ... As to the edibleness of the fruit, that is a matter of taste; ..."
2. Institutes of Education: Comprising an Introduction to Rational Psychology by Simon Somerville Laurie (1899)
"But with many objects the case is different: there is, eg the bone in respect to
which one salient quality ("smell or sweet edibleness") impresses him most ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"... person will admit) immunity would depend largely upon other factors, say, the
degree of hunger of the cannibals and the edibleness of the missionary. ..."
4. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"It may be applied directly to the infested grain or seed without injury to its
edibleness or viability by spraying with an ordinary watering-can having a ..."
5. Nature Study and Life by Clifton Fremont Hodge (1902)
"The most frequent question about them, however, relates not to their edibleness,
but rather to methods by which they may be exterminated. ..."
6. Dictionary of Latin Synonymes: For the Use of Schools and Private Students by Ludwig Ramshorn, Francis Lieber (1841)
"... the iron implements of agriculturists ; pulmentum, every thing which serves
for the edibleness of the puls, meat dishes, &c.; ..."
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