fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-24 months agoYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down137
arrow-up1342arrow-down1imageYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square76fedilink
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-squareGlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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