paläo- — meaning in English

English meaning

• paleo noun A way of eating based on foods thought to have been available to hunter-gatherers — meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds — while excluding grains, pulses, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods.

Senses

paläo- is used for these senses in English:

• paleo- Old; ancient or primitive.

paleo — full definition

1. noun A way of eating based on foods thought to have been available to hunter-gatherers — meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds — while excluding grains, pulses, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods.
2. adjective Following, or suitable for, that way of eating.
3. adjective Relating to the distant past, as a shortening of palaeolithic or a prefix in words such as palaeontology.