liana

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a woody climbing plant, especially one growing in a tropical forest

   A thick liana hung from the canopy like a rope.

Borrowed from French liane, a word for a climbing or binding plant, probably influenced by French lien ("bond, link"). English adopted it as a botanical term for woody tropical vines.

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