(n) widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit, Syn. Musa paradisiaca sapientum
(n) a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea, Syn. edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon
a. [ L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat. ] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. [ 1913 Webster ]
Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2. -- Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. -- Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. -- Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]