noun
edible part; edible portion
Used in food science, nutrition, and cooking to refer to the part of a food item that can be eaten, excluding inedible parts like bones, shells, or peels.
この魚の可食部は全体の約60%です。
The edible portion of this fish is about 60% of the whole.
可食部のみの重量を計ってください。
Please weigh only the edible part.
Compound of 可食 (kashoku, 'edible') + 部 (bu, 'part'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows standard Sino-Japanese compounding patterns.