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Biology Question on morphology of flowering plants

Which of the following is not an example of corm ?

A

Colocasia

B

Freesia

C

Crocus

D

Zingiber

Answer

Zingiber

Explanation

Solution

Zingiber officinale (ginger) is a straggling sympodial rhizome, which is a perennial, fleshy, dorsiventral, horizontal, usually branched, underground stem growing beneath the surface of soil. It possesses nodes and internodes, scaly leaves, axillary buds and roots at their nodes.