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
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
The skins seemed to slip off easily enough for Aunty Ifeoma, but when I pressed one end of a tuber, the rough brown skin stayed put and the heat stung my palms.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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