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Liana

//liːˈɑːnə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana
Noun
  1. 1
    A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a woody climbing usually tropical plant wordnet

Etymology

From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”).

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