How to Use vegetal in a Sentence

vegetal

adjective

• 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
• The vegetal nature of the greens really hurts most reds and a lot of whites.
  — Rae Witte, Esquire, 2 Feb. 2018
• It’s not crazy boozy, but strikes a nice balance between the vegetal notes of the tequila and the soft smoky notes of the mezcal.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• The vegetal sweetness stays, taking the form of sweet potatoes and sugarsnap peas, and so does the leather.
  — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• When poached, the leeks lose the sharpest of their teeth and, against the acidity of the dressing, reveal a vegetal sweetness.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2022
• 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
• The sauce was brighter and cheesier than most, with a hint of vegetal something-something.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2023
• Celery: For crunch and a vegetal flavor to blunt all the fruit sweetness.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
• There's a heap of flavor here -- the molasses sweetness of the brown sugar, the heat of the pepper, the vegetal sweetness of the paprika, and the slow burn of the cayenne.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 29 June 2017
• The green chartreuse is vegetal and sweet while the violette is floral and rich.
  — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 6 Feb. 2018
• And the herbs and vinegar brighten the whole thing up, rolling waves of leafy, vegetal flavor and acid over whatever the cream ends up on.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 30 Apr. 2018
• The first thing that appealed to her about Snow Days was the vegetal ingredient list.
  — Ella Quittner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• 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
• The base of the cocktail is tequila blanco (the clear stuff that tastes like sharp, vegetal agave, not old wooden barrels).
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 2 May 2018
• Finishes like a Cabernet Franc – slightly vegetal with a hint of red licorice on the tail end.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Blanc refers to his projects as living paintings or vegetal walls.
  — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2024
• The vegetal flavors faded as the brown sugar and vanilla in the cookie took center stage.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2024
• White rums can taste sweet or vegetal, funky or almost vodka-like.
  — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
• The sweet chili sauce has a beautiful, mild back-of-the-throat heat with a good, complex, almost vegetal base note of some sort of real pepper.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 May 2021
• The stalks blend remarkably well in a fresher, more vegetal take on potato-leek soup, bright and light enough to simply whet the appetite.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• Over 600 kinds of specialty plants make up the vast vegetal variety show known as The Chef’s Garden.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• This type of sauce is defined by a a verdant, vegetal flavor of green chiles as opposed to the mature, ripe, almost smoky taste of red chiles.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
• Light, tender, sweet, sunny, vegetal – even a bit indolic, sharing the same dirty base note found in jasmine and tuberose.
  — Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
• The curry powder enhances all of the vegetal flavors, while the yogurt cuts everything with some tang and body.
  — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• The flavor was balanced between a vegetal greenness and savory umami, while the crisp crust gave way to a soft, chewy center.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Aug. 2024
• There's sotol, an ancient, vegetal spirit made in the Chihuahuan desert not from agave, but from the dasylirion wheeleri or desert spoon plant, which yields only one bottle in its lifetime.
  — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024