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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. Being a natural material, it is characterized as an organic material – a natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin and hemicelluloses that resists compression.

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Wood-based plastic dissolves in water and can be remade repeatedly

Every plastic pot, tray, and row-cover in your garden shed is a fossil-plastic debt that will out...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Verbascum thapsus
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Verbascum
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales
Habit: herb