@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • edit-22 months agoYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyzimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down137
arrow-up1324arrow-down1imageYou think you just fell out of a coconut tree?mander.xyz@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • edit-22 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoIt’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) that sets it apart. But bamboo is a grass, anyways.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 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