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Freshly harvested Indian ginger plants (Zingiber officinale) with green stems, narrow leaves, and knobby, light brown rhizomes and roots visible.
The video thumbnail image shows a collage of Queen Elizabeth I holding up a gingerbread man, surrounded by ginger cake, a gingerbread pig, gingerbread house, and heart-shaped gingerbread cookies.
Common ginger Whole fresh ginger root with light brown, textured skin and multiple knobby sections. Underground stems Ginger rhizomes
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How Gingerbread Became a Christmas Treat
It all goes back to Queen Elizabeth I. And witches.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Ginger
The pungent aromatic rhizome of the ginger (Zingiber officinale) plant is...
© Snehalata/Shutterstock.com
Common ginger
Also known as Canton or true ginger, the common ginger (Zingiber officinale)...
Helen Cruickshank—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Ginger rhizome
An edible ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizome. The rhizome can be used...
© ilkka kukko/stock.adobe.com
Underground stems
Examples of underground stems: (left) taro corm, (centre) ginger rhizome, and (right)...
(Left) © Nancy Kennedy/Shutterstock.com; (center) © ilkka kukko/Fotolia; (right) © anweber/Fotolia
Ginger rhizomes
Fresh ginger (Zingiber officinale). Commonly called ginger root, the edible...
© zigzagmtart/Fotolia
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