"macrobiotic" meaning in English

See macrobiotic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-macrobiotic.ogg [US] Forms: more macrobiotic [comparative], most macrobiotic [superlative]
Etymology: From macro- + -biotic. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|macro-|-biotic}} macro- + -biotic Head templates: {{en-adj}} macrobiotic (comparative more macrobiotic, superlative most macrobiotic)
  1. Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself. Translations (diet): macrobiòtic (Catalan), macrobiotique (French), macrobiótico (Galician), makrobiotisch (German), macrobiotico (Italian), macrobiótico (Spanish), macrofiotig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-macrobiotic-en-adj-XfDQjPBz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with macro-, English terms suffixed with -biotic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with macro-: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -biotic: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'diet': 84 16
  2. Long-lived.
    Sense id: en-macrobiotic-en-adj-HbFvozr8

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