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Webster 1913 Edition
Liana
{
Li-ane′
(lī̍-ān′)
, Li-a′na
(lī̍-ā′nȧ)
, } Noun.
(Bot.)
A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
Definition 2024
Liana
liana
liana
English
Noun
liana (plural lianas)
- A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 2,
- Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.
- 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,
- Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.
- 1943, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, 4 April, 1943, p. 6,
- Allow friendly natives to walk in front of you on the track. They have sharp eyes for pitfalls, snakes, hornets, and stinging plants. They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers. They like to do it.
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3,
- They left the drive and stood among the wild tannia under the saman tree. Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas. While he felt it, she held a thinner liana and pulled it down. ‘As strong as rope,’ she said. ‘The children could skip with this.’
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 2,
- Any vine.
- 2001, Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter Categorial glossary for the Flora of North America Project" lists "liana" and "vine" as synonyms with the same definition. (accessed 24 February 2016)
Translations
climbing woody vine
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Pronunciation
Noun
liana f
Declension
declension of liana