pollan

/ ˈpɒlən /

noun

1. any of several varieties of the whitefish Coregonus pollan that occur in lakes in Northern Ireland

Word History and Origins

Origin of pollan¹

C18: probably from Irish poll lake

Example Sentences

Pollan declared it even then the new, yet very ancient, answer to our food dilemma.

From Salon

He's the closest Russia has to a Rick Doblin, Paul Stamets, Michael Pollan or Terence McKenna — some of the patriarchs of the so-called psychedelic renaissance.

From Salon

More recently, best-selling authors like Michael Pollan have encouraged Americans to eat fewer processed foods, less meat, and more vegetables.

From Slate

Obama and Pollan are now deemed problematic, as is the entire concept of obesity or the very ideas that what we eat may indeed shape our body size, or that body size impacts health.

From Slate

Social studies classes reading books by Michael Pollan, who has an “eat food, not too much, mostly plants” philosophy, have come to the farm to see his principles in action, Flores said.

From Los Angeles Times