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vegetarian

adjective as in plant-eating

Strong match

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If you’re expecting vegetarian guests at your own table, I highly recommend it as a meatless main, over polenta.

In announcing Gramma’s death, the zoo posted video of her munching on vegetarian meals — romaine lettuce and cactus fruit were particular favorites — and meandering around her habitat and lazily plodding through a pond.

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In his first public comment since his arrest, Mr Kuznetsov writes - by hand - that "the Italians have been cynically ignoring my dietary habits for the past two months" - a reference to his vegetarian diet.

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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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