tuber

Example Sentences

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In bananas and cassava, nearly all PTEs except chromium were found in higher amounts below ground, in roots and tubers.

From Science Daily

I loosened the soil around them with my cutlass and pulled out a cluster of tubers.

From Literature

Millions of tasty tubers have been rolling into the country's capital, Berlin, since mid-January, with residents risking icy streets to bag their share.

From BBC

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

While bears are typically seen as apex predators, he says, black bears — the only wild bears left in California — are actually vegetarian-leaning omnivores, eating far more grass, tubers, roots and berries than meat.

From Los Angeles Times