tuber

Example Sentences

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What appears to have started as one man’s idea of a joke has spread in recent years, with more households offering the tuber in an effort to give the festivities a topsy-turvy spin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The movie starts in fictional Chuglass, Idaho, the “potato chip capital of America,” where a giant tuber mascot looms over the town.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

There are also types with different tuber sizes, growth rates, starch production and drought tolerance.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

To protect that succulent tuber from rotting, hold off on watering the plants until you see new green growth.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond