a person whose diet consists chiefly or exclusively of fruit
fruitarian
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fruitarian
noun
One whose diet includes raw fruits, seeds, and nuts but no vegetables, grains, or animal products.
Origin of fruitarian
Blend of fruit (veget)arianTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural fruitarians)
- A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.
Origin
fruit + -arian. First attested circa 1890.
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