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vegetarian

adjective as in plant-eating

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China also has a long history of vegetarian cuisine that is strongly influenced by Buddhism, which preaches nonviolence and doing no harm.

Their diets were mainly vegetarian, but some had also indulged in a little meat and seafood.

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She began visiting the cafeteria, where she received vegetarian meals, most of which she gave away to other inmates.

Scientists had thought chimps were docile vegetarians, but on this day about three months after her arrival, Goodall spied a group of the apes feasting on something pink.

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At the time the child died, officers found the defendants' home to be in a "poor" condition, and the family's vegetarian diet mainly consisted of yogurt, lentils and butter, Mr McGhee said.

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