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liana
/liˈɑnə/
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What does liana mean?
noun
- A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana
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/liˈɑnə/
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This animated liana turned out to be a pale-green snake, the Dryophis fulgida.
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.