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Definition of Liane
1. 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.
Definition of Liane
1. liana [n -S] - See also: liana
Medical Definition of Liane
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Liane
Literary usage of Liane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"This is the case, for example, in the cross- section of the liane represented in
... Cross section of a liane-like Aristolochia. » Menispermum Carolinianum. ..."
2. Developments in School Finance edited by William J. Fowler, William J. Fowler, Jr. (1998)
"Expenditures in Public School Districts: Estimates of Disparities and Analysis
of Their Causes About the Authors Wayne Riddle liane White Congressional ..."
3. Developments in School Finance edited by William J. Fowler, William J. Fowler, Jr. (1998)
"... and Analysis of Their Causes About the Authors Wayne Riddle liane White
Congressional Research Service Wayne Riddle is a Specialist in Education Finance ..."
4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"... Praise singers," in Asia, who were also called Mena- liane, " Petitioners," or
... liane ..."