Sentences with phrase «thick rhizome»
Black cohosh is an herbaceous perennial that forms long leaves of up to three feet (1 m) in length and possesses a thick rhizome, or bulbous root, that can reach 24 inches (60 cm) deep.
https://www.herbazest.com/ Not exact matches
We should point out immediately that technically, ginger is not a root but rather a rhizome, an underground stem that looks like a tuber — or a thick root.
Among herbal medicine practitioners, the most prized part of this plant is the rhizome, or its underground thick roots, which contain most of its active compounds.
It is cultivated in tropical countries for the thick, rounded, underground stems or rhizomes, which constitute the spice, turmeric.
Turmeric rhizome is the thick orange horizontal stem of the plant, found underground in a cluster with thin roots shooting out from underneath its various nodes.