vegetal

Example Sentences

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Green tea kombucha tended to have a fresher, more vegetal aroma.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

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 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

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

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García