Cinnamon and sumac are two common spices that are made from grinding up tree bark.

Also ginger.

And technically wormwood too, although that’s more you drinking water that is soaked into wood.

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.

Potato plants absolutely have flowers. Have you ever grown one? Be careful with the potato flowers and fruits. They are poisonous nightshade.

I think most would consider most tree roots to be “woody”

It’s not a tree root.

The root of a tree. Made of wood.

No, ginger is not a tree.

You using a different kind of sumac than the rest of us? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac#In_food

I stand corrected on that one. I assumed it was sumac bark, and you know what they say about assumption. It makes an ass out of u and mption.

The bit about powdered sumac (bark?) being a powerful dye for marble is pretty interesting. I wish there was an example photo.

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