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by filoeleven 382 days ago
Which is absurd, since

> In English, the word "milk" has been used to refer to "milk-like plant juices" since 1200 CE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk

It's like complaining that modern electric irons can't be called irons because the heat plate doesn't have iron in it.

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That is referring to coconut milk, which is exempted.

The other uses like oat milk come from 1980's ads. It's so recent that the JM Smucker Company tried to trademark it.