Co*mes"ti*ble (?), a. [F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. pf comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat.]
Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
Some herbs are most comestible.
Sir T. Elyot.
© Webster 1913.
Co*mes"ti*ble, n.
Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.
Thackeray.
© Webster 1913.