Gills are what creatures that live in water use to breathe. Fish gills are easy to see, between their head and their side fins. Other creatures have less obvious gills, that look like fine, tufty growths.
Scientific name: zingiber officinale
Ginger is a root which is used in cooking. It is used to make gingerbread men, in gravies, stir-fries, curries and cakes. It has a strong, sharp taste.
It can be used as a medicine too, particularly for easing morning sickness, or to aid digestion.
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A gingerbread man is a ginger-flavoured cookie or biscuit in the shape of a person. You can make almost any shape from gingerbread but people are the most popular.
The features and things like buttons are either drawn on the gingerbread men with icing, gumdrops or raisins or pressed into the surface of the cookie.
Gingham is a kind of woven fabric pattern, also called plaid and sometimes called checked, but it is not the same as a checkerboard pattern.
Giraffes are the tallest land animals. They can grow up to 5.5 metres tall, and live for around 20-25 years. They have a black tongue that is around 18 inches long that they can use to strip leaves from trees.
