Q125. Ginger is a stem and not a root because (a)It stores food material (b)It grows horizontal in the soil (c)It has nodes and internodes (d)It lacks chlorophyll
The correct answer is it has nodes and internodes. Ginger is a stem and not a root because it has nodes and internodes. It is a rhizome, an underground modification of the stem. The rhizome is a branched, prostrate, horizontally growing stem having nodes and internodes.
