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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

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

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

This chimeric tuber is the interface where Balanophora steals nutrients from its host plant.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2023

Their digging to extract the tuber loosened and aerated the soil and fostered regrowth.

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




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