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tuber

[too-ber, tyoo-] / ˈtu bər, ˈtju- /


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Anyway, a casual tuber or kayaker can’t float all the way to the Pacific from Forestville.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

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

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

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

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

The skins seemed to slip off easily enough for Aunty Ifeoma, but when I pressed one end of a tuber, the rough brown skin stayed put and the heat stung my palms.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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