3 example sentences showing how to use comestible, grouped by meaning.
adj Safe or fit to eat.
Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.
— M. J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (1993)
What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.
— Richard W. Langer, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Growing Your Own Fresh Herbs (1972)
From the palm nut we derive palm oil, the most comestible oil in our country and in the whole of Africa.
— Rene Simo, The Little Gringo: Love and Martyrdom in Cameroon (2007)
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