Ginger was probably the first of the valuable oriental spices to be introduced to europe because it could be carried as a living plant on the ships that sailed from the far east. Cultivated for more than 3000 years, this pungent spice was transported in pots and sold fresh because it is the root that is used. Ginger is a rhizome. That is, it grows underground as a thick, tuberous stem bearing both roots and shoots for a showy flowering plant.
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