close-up of cut ginger root - Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images Outside of the people who use ginger like it's salt, we've all been left with two-thirds of a root after making a ...

A few types of corms are: Celery root, or celeriac, which is the root of a celery stalk. It looks like a knobby ... or spread out to create other plants. Ginger and turmeric are both rhizomes.