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Plants, Edible MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Plants, Edible
Tree Number(s)
B01.650.510
Unique ID
D010945
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010945
Annotation
note FRUIT and VEGETABLES are available
Scope Note
An organism of the vegetable kingdom suitable by nature for use as a food, especially by human beings. Not all parts of any given plant are edible but all parts of edible plants have been known to figure as raw or cooked food: leaves, roots, tubers, stems, seeds, buds, fruits, and flowers. The most commonly edible parts of plants are FRUIT, usually sweet, fleshy, and succulent. Most edible plants are commonly cultivated for their nutritional value and are referred to as VEGETABLES.
Entry Term(s)
Food Plants
Date Introduced
1966/01/01
Last Updated
2021/06/30
Plants, Edible Preferred
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