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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish ·
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You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?

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You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?

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    Wait, what?

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      Palms, like corn, are really tall grass.

      https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2011/11/06/yes-technically-palms-are-a-big-grass/

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

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          I’d say about 69.

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            Nice.

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          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.

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

            But bamboo is a grass, anyways.

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              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!

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              It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener)

              Oh I see

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        “Trees” have secondary growth while “palms” have primary growth. At least that is what I have been told in dendrology lectures.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_growth

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          not necessarily no

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree

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        true enough, that doesn’t exclude them from being trees though.

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