vegetal

Example Sentences

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Seeds are visible among the chopped roasted chiles, smoky and vegetal and bringing some heat, overlaid with a single square of American cheese melted into place.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Brazil principally exported vegetal fats and oils, rice and poultry meat.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2023

The haunting scent, she writes in the book, is “green, fresh, vegetal, slightly citrusy, maybe, with a hint of cedar?”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

A dry muscat will be crisp and a touch floral—think orange blossoms—and have a richness that resists becoming vegetal in the face of asparagus.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2023

I ask his mouth, remembering, despite the fact that my IQ is approaching the vegetal range, that he too must have a name.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson