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How to pronounce liana in English?

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Type Words
Type of vine
Has types cynancum, dipladenia boliviensis, emerald creeper, epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, jade vine, mandevilla boliviensis, mandevilla laxa, monstera, philodendron, pothos, scindapsus aureus, strongylodon macrobotrys, chilean jasmine, white dipladenia

Examples of liana

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They will also conduct a separate study of liana removal in an adjacent forest.
From the sciencedaily.com
Every spring villagers there collect liana vines and wind them into long cords.
From the time.com
Liana Leota is set to become the main woman at the attacking end of the court.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Liana Ferullo fell a homer short of the cycle, going 3-for-5 with three RBI.
From the bostonherald.com
Liana wanted to write an online blog for teens who have parents with cancer.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Vines, liana, rattan reared vertically like exclamation marks blotting out sunlight.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
On the ground near the tree trunk, Marcelo found a bundled wig of sticky liana twine.
From the denverpost.com
Liana Doty finished with 12 points and Kacy Jacobs had 11, including three 3-pointers.
From the stltoday.com
In French Guiana, liana vines increased 60 percent faster than trees from 1992 to 2002.
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  • A woody climbing usually tropical plant
  • A liana is any of various long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in order to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. ...
  • A female given name, derived from Juliana or Eliana
  • (lianas) climbing vines which grow from ground roots but use other plants for anchorage as they climb toward the light of the sun.
  • (plant growth form): Vines or plants with long dangling stems, with roots in the ground and leafy parts in the canopy, usually supported by the branches of trees.
  • A woody-stemmed vine. Lianas are rooted in the substrate and use trees or shrubs as support; often their leaves and flowers reach the canopy of layer of the vegetation. A type of growthform.
  • A vigorous woody vine (usually refers to tropical vines).
  • N. (also liane) any of several climbing and twining plants of tropical forests....
  • Any of various high-climbing woody plants, usually found in the tropics.