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Both carrot and ginger grow underground but one still different from each other. Give reason in support of this answer

carrot is a root modification but ginger is an underground stem modification.but both stores food material
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Both carrot and Ginger grow underground but are still different from each other give reasons in support of this statement
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Both carrot and Ginger grow underground water still different from each other give reasons in support of this statement
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Yes, carrot and ginger both grow underground, but the former is modification of root while latter is an underground modification of stem, i.e. rhizome. The characteristics that differentiates modifications of underground stem from that of a roots includes the absence of root cap and root hairs, the presence of nodes and internodes, the presence of buds, scale leaves, exogenous branching, etc
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