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li·an·a

(lē-ä′nə, -ăn′ə) also li·ane (-än′, -ăn′)

Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines.

[Alteration of French liane, probably from lier, to bind, from Old French; see liable.]

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liana

(lɪˈɑːnə) or

liane

(Plants) any of various woody climbing plants mainly of tropical forests

[C19: changed from earlier liane (through influence of French lier to bind), from French, of obscure origin]

liˈanoid adj

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li•a•na

(liˈɑ nə, -ˈæn ə)

n., pl. -nas.

any of various usu. woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.

Also, li•ane (liˈɑn)

[1790–1800; earlier liannes (pl.) < French lianes, pl. of liane, derivative of lier to bind]

- li•a′noid,
adj.

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Noun

liana - a woody climbing usually tropical plant

Dipladenia boliviensis, Mandevilla boliviensis, white dipladenia - shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats

Chilean jasmine, Mandevilla laxa - woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers

Epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, Scindapsus aureus, pothos - evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage

monstera - any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants

philodendron - often grown as a houseplant

pothos - any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus

emerald creeper, jade vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys - vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

cynancum - any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic

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liana

liana

[lɪˈɑːnə] N → bejuco m, liana f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

liana

[lɪˈɑːnə] n → liana

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Calamus is lianoid and has wide vessels (those of Calamus stems 100-460 [micro]m, with simple perforation plates: Klotz, 1977) in almost any angiosperm group, and wider vessels tend to have simple perforation plates (Carlquist, 1975).

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