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tuber

[too-ber, tyoo-] / ˈtu bər, ˈtju- /


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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

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

For potatoes, maybe, but probably for something else decisively outside of the tuber realm.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

She came to the slough not to harvest the useful herbs and berries the way we did, but to collect armfuls of cattails and tall grasses and tuber flowers.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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