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Are ginger and turmeric related?


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Ginger and turmeric:

  1. Ginger and turmeric are related. Both of them belong to the same family, Zingiberaceae.
  2. Ginger and turmeric are rhizomes.
  3. A rhizome is a modified underground horizontal stem that stores food.
  4. Rhizomes possess nodes and internodes which play vital roles in vegetative propagation.

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