What does "plant-based" mean?

Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.

Plant-based

Common synonyms include: botanical adjective, botanical classification, botanical entity, botanical organism, botanical trait, branding term.

adj

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Adjective

1
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan. not-comparable
"I only eat plant-based food."
2
Made from plants other than the traditional source. not-comparable
"plant-based pizza crust"

"Berries and other plant-based foods are rich in antioxidants."

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