fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-25 months agoYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down137
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minus-squarectenidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIf I remember correctly, wood consists mainly of cellulose, lignin, and hemi-cellulose. I don’t know about bamboo, but I guess it’s some kind of woody material.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoIt’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) that sets it apart. But bamboo is a grass, anyways.
minus-squarectenidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNever doubted bamboo not being a grass. But I didn’t know about the silica thing - that’s really cool!! Thank you for telling this!
minus-squareGlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) Oh I see
If I remember correctly, wood consists mainly of cellulose, lignin, and hemi-cellulose. I don’t know about bamboo, but I guess it’s some kind of woody material.
It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) that sets it apart.
But bamboo is a grass, anyways.
Never doubted bamboo not being a grass. But I didn’t know about the silica thing - that’s really cool!! Thank you for telling this!
Oh I see