Which of the following plants has modified its stem to store food material?
- AGinger
- BRadish
- CBeetroot
- DCarrot
- ENone of the above/More than one of the above
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Correct answer: (a) Ginger
Explanation
Ginger stores food in a rhizome, an underground stem, as do turmeric and the potato (a tuber).
Radish, beetroot and carrot store food in modified roots.