# plant-based

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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