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Q. Ginger is an underground stem. It is distinguished from root because

JIPMERJIPMER 2011Morphology of Flowering Plants

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Ginger is a stem and not a root because it has nodes and internodes. Ginger is a rhizome, an underground modification of stem. Rhizome is a branched, prostrate, horizontally growing stem having nodes and internodes. On the nodes, sessile scale leaves are formed which bear buds in their axil.