Look up: Liana

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   Liana
   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.
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   liana
   [n] - a woody climbing usually tropical plant
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   Liana
   (language) A C-like, interpretive, object-oriented programming language, class library, and integrated development environment designed specifically for development of application programs for Microsoft Windows and Windows NT. Designed by Jack Krupansky (Jack@BaseTechnology.com) of Base Technology, Liana was first released as a commercial product ...
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   Liana
   A vigorous woody vine (usually refers to tropical vines).
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   liana
   <botany> 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. ... Origin: F. Liane; prob. Akin to lien a band, fr. L. Ligamen, fr. Ligare to bind. Cf. Lien. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   liana
   noun a woody climbing usually tropical plant
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   Liana
   A `liana` is a woody climber that starts at ground level, and uses trees to climb up to the canopy where it spreads from tree to tree to get as much light as possible. Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests and rainforests. These climbers often form bridges between the forest canopy, connect the entire forest and provide arboreal animals with paths across the forest. There are also temperate lianas, however, for ...
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   Liana
   • (n.) 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.
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   liana
   any long-stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil and climbs or twines around other plants. They are a conspicuous component of tropical forest ... [2 related articles]
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    Liana
    Liana is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `vine, to bind; youth ` Where is it used? The name Liana is mainly used In Italian, Portuguese and In English.It is an abbreviated form of Eliana, used In Italian and In Spanish.Juliana, used In Dutch, Scandinavian, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and In Ancient Roman.How
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    Liana
    Species of plant that uses the support of wood plants to elevate its leaves above the forest canopy.
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    liana
    liana (lēä'nu) or liane (lēän') , name for any climbing plant that roots in the ground. The term is most often used for the woody vines that form a characteristic part of tropical rain-forest vegetation; they are sometimes also called bushropes or simply vines. Although...
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