fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agoYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down137
arrow-up1343arrow-down1imageYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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