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• creditCrazy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Eh what is a root if not wood that is covered in dirt

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  • die444die@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So is a potato wood? A carrot?

    Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A potato is not a flowering plant it’s a tuba, such as an onion. Totally different thing entirely to a bit of wood attached to a tree.

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      • loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Don’t be bringing brass instruments into this…

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      • die444die@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger.

        Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.

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      • anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Potato plants absolutely have flowers. Have you ever grown one? Be careful with the potato flowers and fruits. They are poisonous nightshade.

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• Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think most would consider most tree roots to be “woody”

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  • die444die@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not a tree root.

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    • Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is it woody?

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      • die444die@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is not.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The root of a tree. Made of wood.

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  • die444die@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, ginger is not a tree.

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