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liane

/liˈɑn/

liane is the alternative form of liana.

Meaning of liana

Noun

liana (plural lianas)

  1. 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...

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Forms of liane

plurallianes

Questions about liane

What is liane the alternative form of?
Liane is the alternative form of liana.
How do you pronounce liane?
Liane is pronounced /liˈɑn/.

Words near liane in the dictionary

  1. lianaed
  2. lianas
  3. Liancourt
  4. Liancourt Rocks
  5. liandratite
  6. liane
  7. lianes
  8. liang
  9. Liang-tzu-hu
  10. Lianga
  11. Liangan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liane (page history and authors); liana (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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