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

Its fire is different — not a slap-you-in-the-face blaze but a cleaner, more vegetal heat that builds and breaks gently, more like a tide rolling in and out.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025

The slight bitterness and vegetal quality of the peppers helps to balance the sugars.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Crisp and fresh, but thick with scents: trees, soil, lichens, slow and organic growth, vegetal decomposition.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

Next season the cane will regenerate, a vegetal mystery, and she will return to cut it again.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García