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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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