fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · edit-25 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-25 months agomessage-square76fedilink
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-squareGlennMagusHarveylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) Oh I see
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