plant milk

noun

Any milklike drink that is derived from a plant source.

Meanings

nounplant milk (countable and uncountable, plural plant milks)

plural plant milks

  1. countableuncountableAny milklike drink that is derived from a plant source.

    Plant milks can, nevertheless, have a dark side, as when any crop is produced in mass quantities.

    2020 January 29, Annette McGivney, “Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Arabic حَلِيب نَبَاتِيّ
  • حَلِيب نَبَاتِيّ (ḥalīb nabātiyy)milk-like product
Chinese Mandarin 植物奶
  • 植物奶 (zhíwùnǎi)milk-like product
Dutch plantaardige melk
  • plantaardige melkmilk-like product
Esperanto plantolakto
  • plantolaktomilk-like product
Finnish kasvimaito
  • kasvimaitomilk-like product
French lait végétal
  • lait végétalmilk-like product
German Pflanzenmilch
  • Pflanzenmilchmilk-like product
Hungarian növényi tej
  • növényi tejmilk-like product
Italian latte vegetale
  • latte vegetalemilk-like product
Polish mleko roślinne
  • mleko roślinnemilk-like product
Portuguese leite vegetal
  • leite vegetalmilk-like product
Russian расти́тельное молоко́
  • расти́тельное молоко́ (rastítelʹnoje molokó)milk-like product
Spanish leche vegetal, leche vegetable
  • leche vegetalmilk-like product
  • leche vegetablemilk-like product
Cite this entry
APA

plant milk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20milk

MLA

“plant milk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20milk. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plant milk,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20milk.

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