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Ginger is a stem because

  1. A
    it grows horizontally in the soil.
  2. B
    it stores food materials.
  3. C
    absence of chlorophyll.
  4. D
    it has nodes and inter-nodes.

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In botany, the defining structural characteristic of a stem (regardless of whether it grows underground or above ground) is the presence of nodes, internodes, and auxiliary or terminal buds. Ginger is a modified underground stem known as a rhizome because it distinctly possesses nodes and internodes.

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Ginger is a stem because
A
it grows horizontally in the soil.
B
it stores food materials.
C
absence of chlorophyll.
D
it has nodes and inter-nodes.

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