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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

liana

/liˈɑnə/

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What does liana mean?

noun

  1. A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

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IPA pronunciation

/liˈɑnə/

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This animated liana turned out to be a pale-green snake, the Dryophis fulgida.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
The trunks of the trees presented here an extraordinary phenomenon; a gramineous plant, with verticillate branches,* climbs, like a liana, eight or ten feet high, and forms festoons, which cross the path, and swing about with the wind.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322