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liana

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1. liana - Noun

2. Liana - Proper noun

Meaning

A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A giant, bundled liana in western Brazil The green leaf area of plants and trees in the rainforest varies by about 25% as a result of seasonal changes. Source: Internet

Alice In Responsibilityland is a drawing by Liana Finck which was uploaded on July 30th, 2018. Source: Internet

In Brazil, the brew and the liana are informally called either caapi or cipó; the latter is the Portuguese word for liana (or woody climbing vine). Source: Internet

Natives also stated – without Powell's asking - that "n'yamala" ate the flowering liana, just as von Stein had been told half a century earlier. Source: Internet

Last week, before I headed off to NYC to help chaperone my son's 8th grade class trip (and caught a hellish cold), the lovely Liana K forwarded me a link to an online discussion of the deteriorating health of Gene Colan. Source: Internet

Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) The word ayahuasca has been variously translated as "liana of the soul", "liana of the dead", and "spirit liana". Source: Internet

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