@hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-square133fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down121
arrow-up1286arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.@hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-square@die444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoGinger is a root, maybe you’re thinking of something else?
minus-squarecredit crazylinkfedilink1•1 year agoEh what is a root if not wood that is covered in dirt
minus-square@die444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•1 year agoSo is a potato wood? A carrot? Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink-1•1 year agoA potato is not a flowering plant it’s a tuba, such as an onion. Totally different thing entirely to a bit of wood attached to a tree.
minus-square@loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoDon’t be bringing brass instruments into this…
minus-square@die444die@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoAnd potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger. Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilink-3•1 year agoI think most would consider most tree roots to be “woody”
Ginger is a root, maybe you’re thinking of something else?
Eh what is a root if not wood that is covered in dirt
So is a potato wood? A carrot?
Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.
A potato is not a flowering plant it’s a tuba, such as an onion. Totally different thing entirely to a bit of wood attached to a tree.
Don’t be bringing brass instruments into this…
And potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger.
Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.
I think most would consider most tree roots to be “woody”
It’s not a tree root.
Is it woody?
It is not.
The root of a tree. Made of wood.
No, ginger is not a tree.