How to Use vegetal in a Sentence

vegetal

adjective
  • That membrane and the shells were once used as vegetal dyes for basket splints.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
  • White rums can taste sweet or vegetal, funky or almost vodka-like.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • White rums can taste sweet or vegetal, funky or almost vodka-like.
    — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • Blanc refers to his projects as living paintings or vegetal walls.
    — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Herbaceous hints of seaweed and vegetal peat add a dry, herbal, smoky edge.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In cool vintages, this can result in some green vegetal notes.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • By then, any woman or girl who walked beneath this vegetal decor had to stop and wait to be kissed.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The vegetal nature of the greens really hurts most reds and a lot of whites.
    — Rae Witte, Esquire, 2 Feb. 2018
  • As the fish steams inside the packets, the leaves give off a vegetal base flavor and scent.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And don't worry, the cocoa blend will mask any of the vegetal flavors.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The sauce was brighter and cheesier than most, with a hint of vegetal something-something.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The leaves, which tint the dough lightly, give it a slightly vegetal flavor that can seem a bit smoky.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Imagine the bossy, vegetal crunch of a nearly raw bell pepper.
    — Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The peas are earthy, grassy and sweet in a vegetal way, like the spring breeze moving through the baby green leaves in the trees.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • Despite its lightness, there’s not a hint of vegetal flavor here.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 13 May 2020
  • In some cases, the pepper isn’t spicy enough, or is too spicy, or gives the drink too much of a vegetal flavor.
    — Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The green chartreuse is vegetal and sweet while the violette is floral and rich.
    — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Jalapeño is more vegetal, with some of the same bell pepper flavors that can show up in silver tequilas.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The vegetal sweetness stays, taking the form of sweet potatoes and sugarsnap peas, and so does the leather.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Poured over ice, vegetal notes open up, along with touches of vanilla, maple, and a hint of smokiness.
    — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The medium-to-mild heat, vegetal flavor and slight bitterness from these deep green chiles fit in so many ways.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This agave produces mezcals that taste of herbs and spices, vegetal with fruity undertones.
    — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The salad is vegetal and luxe and weird, a bright spot in an otherwise underlit room.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Green peppers tend to have less heat, resulting in a milder sauce with a more vegetal flavor and less sweetness.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2021
  • The air that rushed under the sheets alongside her was as sweet and vegetal as tomato vines, scented with chlorophyll.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • There’s enough roughage to skip a salad altogether, and the cream and parm keep the sauce from feeling too vegetal.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Grassy and vegetal are two other terms that commonly come up when discussing celery’s taste and smell.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2026
  • Dry grassiness gives way to sweet notes of vanilla, coconut, banana and molasses, with just a hint of vegetal funk.
    — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
  • By comparison, green jalapeños are slightly bitter and have a more grassy or vegetal taste.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2026
  • By comparison, green jalapeños are slightly bitter and have a more grassy or vegetal taste.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025

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