fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-24 months agoYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?imagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down137
arrow-up1343arrow-down1imageYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarectenidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 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-up4·4 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-up2·4 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-squareGlennMagusHarveylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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