How to Use tuberous in a Sentence

tuberous

adjective
  • The living plant, tuberous in shape like ginger, yields bright orange-yellow flesh.
    — Jenn Tanaka, Orange County Register, 22 June 2017
  • Fuchsias and tuberous begonias are probably at the top of the list of plants worth saving.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Four O’Clock’ is to dig the tuberous roots in fall and store them in barely moist peat moss in an unheated garage.
    — Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 21 June 2017
  • Dig up corms and tubers of gladioli, dahlias and tuberous begonias after the foliage dies.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Common types, such as tuberous and wax begonias, are said to have a cucumber-like crunch and a slightly citrusy, tangy taste.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The stems of angel-wing, dragon-wing, and tuberous begonias bow down under the weight of the pendulous flowers.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Look no further than chocolate cosmos, a tuberous perennial with velvety blooms and a decadent fragrance.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This late Pleistocene diet spanned everything from large mammals to small mollusks, to a wide array of tuberous taros and yams.
    — Karen Coates, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2016
  • After mating with one female, tuberous bush crickets were ready to mate again within an hour, while other species with smaller testes took as long as five days to be ready.
    — Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
  • In Africa, the starch in similar dishes comes from tuberous root vegetables like cassava.
    — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 17 May 2017
  • Wax begonias tolerate more sun and bloom all summer long, while tuberous begonias have more attractive foliage.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
  • Take fuchsia and tuberous begonias, two of the staples in Alaska containers that should not be hit by a frost and should be stored for the winter season.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • This plant is considered invasive in the Chicago area and is very difficult to eradicate because of its thick, tuberous roots.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • In Southern landscapes, wax begonias and tuberous begonias are most commonly grown.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
  • Dig and store geraniums, tuberous begonias, dahlias, and gladiolas.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2021
  • This tuberous plant is dormant in the summer, but in autumn its rounded dark green leaves, often marked with silver, begin to appear and remain attractive until spring.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Sweet potatoes, indigenous to Central and South America, are tuberous roots and taste like carrots.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Lobelia with its beautiful blue, Scaevola, tuberous begonias and many other gorgeous flowering plants appear this time of year.
    — Becky Wern, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
  • This plant is considered invasive in the Chicago region and is very difficult to eradicate because of its thick, tuberous roots.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • Flowering tuberous roots are dahlias, agapanthus and ranunculus.
    — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The orchid, located in Madagascar, has no leaves, grows from a woolly tuberous stem, and spends most of its life underground, emerging only to flower or produce fruit.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Plant summer bulbs, including gladiolus, tuberous begonias and callas.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Petunia, calibrachoa, tuberous begonia, the herb lavender, gladiolas and lilacs are among plants with violet tones.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2018
  • These wrinkled, marble-sized orbs are small, tuberous rhizomes of a sedge grass (cyperus esculentus lativum) that’s been cultivated for millennia around the world.
    — Stephanie Eckelkamp, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Brains of fetuses that had died and had a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, which carries about an 80% chance of epilepsy, showed inflammation.
    — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Tuberose, by the way, is a plant native to Mexico whose name refers to its tuberous roots, not at all to rose, and indeed, its smell is closer to that of lily, but with a fascinating camphorlike quality.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2021
  • When the episode aired in March 2021, Althea Grace was overwhelmed by responses of people dealing with tuberous sclerosis.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • This large family of flowers includes small wax begonias, showy tuberous begonias, and tropical-looking dragonwing begonias.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • Planting/Propagation Plant dahlias, gladioli, and tuberous begonias in mid-May.
    — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
  • Two months after he was born, Zach was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex, a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow in the body’s major organ systems - skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain.
    — Taylor Goebel, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2020

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