plants I find the first sentences of this article very strange I don t think vegetarians primarily eat plants or that it s synonymous with herbivore Nuts fruits seeds tubers sprouts beans honey and yogurt are not plants Even plant parts is a bit of a stretch Is flour a plant My understanding is that vegetarians do not eat meat It looks like an accurate description to me Nuts fruits seeds tubers beans and flour all come from plants I don t think it s necessary to eat the whole plant to be considered to be eating plants Plants aren t even mentioned in the first sentences of the article I see that mention of plants has recently been removed The word vegetarian obviously indicates a plant based diet A nut may come from a tree but it is not a plant See dictionary Yogurt is not a plant Honey is not a plant Fruit is not a plant You seem to be confusing the meaning of words which is problematic for someone working on an encyclopedia I think you ll find that trees are plants Foods that come from plants are plant based foods It isn t rocket science The article seems have been clarified which is helpful Clearly there is a difference between a herbivore a moose or cow for example and a vegetarian that eats plant based foods like nuts fruit and sometimes non plant based foods dairy Cheers I removed a newly added sentence in the intro saying Some vegetarians eat eggs and fish because the very next sentence says exactly the same thing I removed focusing on plant based foods since a diet of solely dairy products and eggs while unhealthy would technically be vegetarian Simply put not all vegetarian diets focus on plant based foods As per the citations vegetarianism is really just defined by what it excludes not what it includes It would only be true of certain forms of vegetarianism so the plant based nature of the diet needs to be included What about fungi They aren t plants are they Fungi are fungi not plants Sigh vegetarians T C Correct they are not plants Just in case anyone is still confused nuts fruits seeds tubers sprouts beans and flour are all plant based foods they come from plants Honey yogurt other dairy products and eggs are animal based foods mushrooms and yeast are fungus based foods and algae including edible seaweed like kelp are none of the above Also for the record I m vegetarian response to Michig I don t understand your logic here If some vegetarian diets do not focus on plant based foods then would it not be inaccurate to make the blanket statement vegetarian diets focus on plant based foods Can you seriously imagine a vegetarian diet without plant based foods The lede should summarize the article and if you read the article it discusses plant based foods all the way through it The Vegetarian Society s definition We define a vegetarian as someone living on a diet of grains pulses nuts seeds vegetables and fruits with or without the use of dairy products and eggs A vegetarian does not eat any meat poultry game fish shellfish or crustacea or slaughter by products Doesn t that sound very plant based to you The plant based foods are the fundamental part of the diet with some types of vegetarians also adding dairy and eggs The sourced entence The vegetarian diet is generally based on fruits vegetables cereal grains nuts and seeds was removed which would have helped