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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•a•na (lē ä′nə, -an′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
Also, li•ane (lē än′).USA pronunciation - 1790–1800; earlier liannes (plural), apparently misspelling of French lianes, plural of liane, derivative of lier to bind; spelling, spelled with -a is Latinized or pseudo-Spanish
li•a′noid, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: liana /lɪˈɑːnə/, liane /lɪˈɑːn/ n - any of various woody climbing plants mainly of tropical forests
Etymology: 19th Century: changed from earlier liane (through influence of French lier to bind), from French, of obscure origin |