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

A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington recently joined 13 other senators to “strongly urge” the committee not to reclassify the potato, praising the benefits of the tuber.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

The world’s sixth most important crop in terms of annual harvest, this large tuber has been fundamental to Amazonian diets for 7,000 years or more.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann