Many wild mushrooms are not edible, and even experienced foragers must carefully distinguish between safe species and their toxic look-alikes.
许多野生蘑菇不可食用,即使是经验丰富的采集者也必须仔细区分安全品种与其有毒的相似物种。
Which choice best defines “edible”?
B — Safe to eat. “edible” means safe to eat.
Which word means “safe to eat”?
D — edible. “edible” means safe to eat.
edible — safe to eat. In Chinese: 可食用的.
edible is pronounced /ˈedɪbl/.
Many wild mushrooms are not edible, and even experienced foragers must carefully distinguish between safe species and their toxic look-alikes. (许多野生蘑菇不可食用,即使是经验丰富的采集者也必须仔细区分安全品种与其有毒的相似物种。)
consumable, eatable, palatable — all close in meaning to edible (safe to eat).
inedible, poisonous — each the opposite of edible (safe to eat).
Yes. edible is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ed(eat)+ible(able)