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vegetarian

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. vegetarian (noun)
  2. lacto-ovo vegetarian (noun)
  3. lacto-vegetarian (noun)
  4. ovo-lacto vegetarian (noun)

1veg·e·tar·i·an

noun \ˌve-jə-ˈter-ē-ən\

Definition of VEGETARIAN

1
: one who believes in or practices vegetarianism
2
: herbivore
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Origin of VEGETARIAN

2vegetable + -arian
First Known Use: 1839

Other Physiology Terms

eructation, flux, gustatory, menarche, myopia, senescence, torpor

Rhymes with VEGETARIAN

antiquarian, centenarian, Indo-Aryan, libertarian, millenarian, nonsectarian, postlapsarian, prelapsarian, Presbyterian, proletarian, Rastafarian, Sabbatarian, Sagittarian, seminarian, trinitarian

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