• @[email protected]
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    124 months ago

    How many social credit points do I lose if I refer to bamboo products as “wood” outside of botany nerd circles?

    • @ctenidium
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      34 months ago

      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.

      • @Seleni
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        44 months ago

        It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener) that sets it apart.

        But bamboo is a grass, anyways.

        • @ctenidium
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          24 months ago

          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!