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[[Image:A Number of the Best Edible Fungi, illustration from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward.jpg |thumb|A Number of the Best Edible Fungi, illustration from ''The Encyclopedia of Food'' by [[Artemas Ward (writer)|Artemas Ward]], 1923]] |
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An '''edible''' item is any item that is safe for humans to eat. "Edible" is differentiated from "eatable" because it does not indicate how an item tastes, only whether it is fit to be eaten. Nonpoisonous items found in nature – such as [[edible mushroom|mushrooms]], [[insects as food|insects]], [[edible seaweed|seaweed]], and so forth – are referred to as edible. Processed items that normally are not ingested but are specially manufactured to be so, like [[edible underwear]] or [[edible packaging]], are also labeled as edible.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 December 2019 |title=Usage Notes: Putting 'Edible' and 'Eatable' on the Table |website=Merriam-Webster |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/edible-vs-eatable-usage |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> |
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An edible item is any item that is safe to eat. |
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==Edible items in nature== |
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It is estimated that approximately half of about 400,000 plant species on earth are edible, yet [[Homo sapiens]] consume only about 200 plant species, because these are the simplest to domesticate.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warren |first=John |date=15 January 2016 |title=Why do we consume only a tiny fraction of the world's edible plants? |website=World Economic Forum |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/why-do-we-consume-only-a-tiny-fraction-of-the-world-s-edible-plants |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> |
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Edible plants found in nature include certain types of [[Edible mushroom|mushrooms]], [[List of edible flowers|flowers]], [[List of edible seeds|seeds]], [[berry|berries]], [[edible seaweed|seaweed]], and [[List of edible cacti|cacti]]. Being able to identify the versions of these plants that are safe to eat is an important [[survival skills|survival skill]]. |
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Many animals are also edible, including domesticated livestock as well as wild insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adi |first1=Annis Catur | last2=Andrias |first2=Dini Ririn |display-authors=etal |date=2020 |title=The potential of using wild edible animals as alternative food sources among food-insecure areas in Indonesia |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-07-2019-0156/full/html |journal=Journal of Health Research |volume=34 |issue=3 |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> Advocates of the increase in consumption of edible insects cite the environmental benefits of being able to raise more food using less land while producing fewer greenhouse emissions. More than 1,900 [[insects as food|insect]] species have been documented as being used for food, including ants and beetle larvae in the diets of some African and Australian tribes, and crispy-fried locusts and beetles enjoyed as street food in parts of Thailand.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Van Huis |first1=Arnold | last2=Van Itterbeeck |first2=Joost |display-authors=etal |date=2013 |title=Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security |url=https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/fulltext/258042 |journal=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |volume=171 |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> |
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== Etymology == |
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'''Edible''' may also refer to: |
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The term "edible" dates back to the 1590s. It comes from the [[Latin]] word "edibilis" (eatable), which comes from the word "edere" (to eat), which comes from the prefix "ed-" (to eat).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=edible|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/edible|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-27|website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]|language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[Cannabis edible]], a food or drink product that contains cannabinoids |
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* [[Eating]], the ingestion of food |
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* [[Edible Communities]], regional magazines |
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* [[Edibles (JoJo song)|"Edibles" (JoJo song)]], a song on the JoJo album ''Mad Love'' |
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* [[Edibles (Snoop Dogg song)|"Edibles" (Snoop Dogg song)]], a song on the Snoop Dogg album ''Bush'' |
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* Foraging for wild foods related to [[survival skills]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Foods]] |
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