Sentences with phrase «as rhizomes»

Bamboo has a horizontal root structure, known as rhizomes, and has been hard to commercially produce as as a horticultural offering.

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Herbalism is the use of plants (such as leaves, flowers, fruit, seed, stems, wood, bark, roots, rhizomes or other plant parts) to heal and...

Arrowroot powder — Arrowroot powder is a starch obtained from the rhizomes of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava, which is often labelled as arrowroot.

Also, it turns out that the ring design keeps the ginger fiber in the center while the puree and juice are pushed into the trough as you grate the rhizome on those sharp, little teeth.

They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, and bulbs.

As temperatures rise, stored carbohydrates in the plants» rhizomes are converted into mobile forms to fuel growing tissues.

REPREVE Renewables LLC produces modified rhizomes of Miscanthus x giganteus, a sterile hybrid type of perennial grass, for use as a feedstock.

It grows as a tropical perennial with green shoots (they almost resemble bamboo, a related rhizome) with lance - shaped leaves and stalks of white or yellow flowers.

Historically, Zingiber officinalis rhizome has been used for culinary purposes, as a flavoring agent, but the medicinal uses of ginger root can be traced back to China, 2,000 years ago, where it was commonly prescribed for treatment of gastrointestinal issues, the common cold, and ailments that reflect flu - like symptoms.

For instance, ginger rhizome powder administered as 250 mg capsules four times a day has been demonstrated in studies to have equivalent effic...

It is believed that the best time to harvest black cohosh is in the autumn, as the weight of the rhizome and its medicinal properties usually reach their highest potential during this season.

If you've ever eaten chicken curry or cooked with curry powder, you've likely tasted ground turmeric root or rhizome, a slightly bitter and nutritious spice that doubles as a free radical scavenging herb with active compounds and antioxidant properties that have long been praised in the natural health world.

To use it, wash the rhizome (the part of the plant commonly mistaken as the root, which resembles ginger), peel the skin, and chop, dice, or grate it.

The Zingiberaceae family includes flowering plants, mostly aromatic perennial herbs, such as turmeric, ginger, and cardamom, which have tuberous rhizomes (underground stems with roots and nodes) that are often used to color condiments, used as a spice in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, used in textile dyes, used in religious ceremonies, or used medicinally.

Turmeric is available in many different forms, including as a raw rhizome, as a powder, an extract, a paste, and an essential oil.

And as mentioned earlier, fresh turmeric rhizome (root) should be kept in the refrigerator.

About Ginger Ginger, Zingiber officinale also known as ginger root is a rhizome of the plant.

The rhizome (underground part of the stem) is the part commonly used as a spice.

In her essay «How to Install Art as a Feminist» Helen Molesworth critiques the oedipal narratives of traditional art history, and proposes instead a looser network modelled on the rhizome.

As opposed to a vertical structure, such as a tree, a rhizome spreads laterally and diffusely, like a nettlAs opposed to a vertical structure, such as a tree, a rhizome spreads laterally and diffusely, like a nettlas a tree, a rhizome spreads laterally and diffusely, like a nettle.

You may think you've killed it with hardcore weed - killer, but according to the Environment Agency (EA), rhizomes can remain dormant in the ground for as long as 20 years.