Adjective
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants.
Made from plants other than the traditional source.
I found a great deal on plant-based rice.
A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic diseases. Michael Greger
The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper. Dan Buettner
[Responding to the argument that a plant-based diet is extreme] Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that "extreme.”. Caldwell Esselstyn
A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration. Michelle Forbes
The future is about a plant-based diet. Jamie Oliver
The good news is that our bodies thrive on a conscious plant-based diet, and that this diet is infinitely more compassionate to animals and people and more environmentally sustainable than eating animal foods. Will Tuttle