plant-based

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.
  2. Made from plants other than the traditional source.

Word forms

plant-based

Etymology

Popularized by American biochemist T. Colin Campbell as an alternative to ideologically connoted terms such as vegan.

Related words

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