liana
/liːˈɑːnə/
liana noun: a climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
Noun
liana (plural lianas)
- A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
- 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...
- 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.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
Proper noun capitalized: Liana
Liana
- A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana
liana meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Tagalog
liana in Tamil
- மரமயவேறி, பெருங்கொடி
liana in Marathi
- climbing woody vine
- महालता mahāltā, काष्ठलता kāṣṭhaltā, महावेल mahāvel
liana in Kannada
- ಲಯನ
liana in Tagalog
- climbing woody vine
- dakbaging, baging
More languagesFewer languages
- liana in Indonesian
- liana
Examples of liana in a sentence
- They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers.1943 April 4, Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Getting About in New Guinea, page 6:
- Mrs Tulsi held a liana and offered it to Mr Biswas.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3:
Forms of liana
| plural | lianas |
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Origin of liana
From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”).
Words formed from liana
Words that rhyme with liana
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Guadiana
- ikebana
- kana
- mana
- mañana
- nana
- nirvana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Australiana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- librariana
- man'yōgana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about liana
- What does liana mean?
- Liana means a climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
- What is liana in Tamil?
- Liana in Tamil is மரமயவேறி, பெருங்கொடி. See Liana meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use liana in a sentence?
- They will cut the lianas and thorny trailers.
- What part of speech is liana?
- Liana can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce liana?
- Liana is pronounced /liːˈɑːnə/.
- What is the plural of liana?
- The plural of liana is lianas.
Words near liana in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: liana (page history and authors); Liana (page history and authors); liana (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liana (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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