liana en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /liːˈɑːnə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”).
Meanings
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A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
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.
1943 April 4, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, page 6: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.
1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter II, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC: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.’
1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3:1884, 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lianas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
twiner · scrambler · rattan · vine · climber
Translations (33)
ro liană (climbing woody vine) · bg лиа́н (climbing woody vine) · es liana (climbing woody vine) · nl liaan (climbing woody vine) · txb laitke (climbing woody vine) · rcf liane (climbing woody vine) · mr काष्ठलता (climbing woody vine) · cy liana (climbing woody vine) · ru лиа́на (climbing woody vine) · ab аӡахәа (climbing woody vine) · de Liane (climbing woody vine) · tl dakbaging (climbing woody vine) · it liana (climbing woody vine) · da lian (climbing woody vine) · tl baging (climbing woody vine) · id liana (climbing woody vine) · mr महावेल (climbing woody vine) · srn busititei (climbing woody vine) · ko 덩굴나무 (climbing woody vine) · mr महालता (climbing woody vine) · io liano (climbing woody vine) · hu lián (climbing woody vine) · pt liana (climbing woody vine) · pl liana (climbing woody vine) · bg лиа́на (climbing woody vine) · fi liaani (climbing woody vine) · ca liana (climbing woody vine) · km លតា (climbing woody vine) · pt cipó (climbing woody vine) · eo liano (climbing woody vine) · sv lian (climbing woody vine) · el λιάνα (climbing woody vine) · uk ліа́на (climbing woody vine)