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liana, liane|lɪˈɑːnə, lɪˈɑːn|
Also 8 lianne.
[The form liane is a. F. liane (1658 liene in Rochefort), supposed to be a deriv. of lier to bind. The form liana is either a latinization of liane, or has arisen from the notion that the word was of Sp. origin.]
The name given to the various climbing and twining plants which abound in tropical forests.
[1796Stedman Surinam I. 231 The nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay.] 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 748 Liannes interwoven from trunk to trunk. 1833Carlyle Misc. (1857) IV. 267 Spite of all its brambles and lianas. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. ii. 25 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. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 136 Palms of every variety, all covered with gigantic lianes. 1890‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Miner's Right xxxvi. 321 A stone bridge..clasped with close lianas. |