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

If this is your first year growing these bountiful blooms, you might be questioning how to get from a gnarly potatolike tuber to armloads of cut flowers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

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

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

We then dug up large, round tuber roots called kaumbu and carved them into wheels, using blue gum poles as axles.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba