plants   I find the first sentences of this article very strange I dont think vegetarians primarily eat plants or that its 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 dont think its necessary to eat the whole plant to be considered to be eating plants Plants arent 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 plantbased 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 youll find that trees are plants Foods that come from plants are plantbased foods It isnt 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 nonplant based foods dairy Cheers    I removed a newlyadded 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 plantbased foods since a diet of solely dairy products and eggs while unhealthy would technically be vegetarian Simply put not all vegetarian diets focus on plantbased 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 plantbased nature of the diet needs to be included   What about fungi They arent plants are they    Fungi are fungi not plants Sigh vegetarians    Correct they are not plants Just in case anyone is still confused nuts fruits seeds tubers sprouts beans and flour are all plantbased foods they come from plants Honey yogurt other dairy products and eggs are animalbased foods mushrooms and yeast are fungusbased foods and algae including edible seaweed like kelp are none of the above Also for the record Im vegetarian    response to Michig I dont understand your logic here If some vegetarian diets do not focus on plantbased foods then would it not be inaccurate to make the blanket statement vegetarian diets focus on plantbased foods    Can you seriously imagine a vegetarian diet without plantbased foods The lede should summarize the article and if you read the article it discusses plantbased foods all the way through it The Vegetarian Societys 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 byproducts Doesnt that sound very plantbased to you The plantbased 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