† Edule

a. and sb. Obs. rare. [ad. L. edūlis, f. ed-ĕre to eat.] = EDIBLE A and B.

1699.  Evelyn, Acetaria, 1. Sallets … are a Composition of Edule Plants and Roots of several kinds. Ibid., 175. So many rare Edules unknown to the Ancients.

  So also Edulious a., in same sense.

a. 1682.  Sir T. Browne, Tracts (1684), 13. The Husks of Pease, Beans, or such edulious Pulses. Ibid., 63. And so, producing an edulious or esculent Fruit, is properly named Esculus.