liana C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /liˈɑnə/ UK /liˈɑːnə/ See IPA manual Freq #38439 Meanings 1 noun a woody climbing plant, especially one growing in a tropical forest A thick liana hung from the canopy like a rope. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a woody climbing plant,... woody vine Word family Related forms vineclimberrainforest Etymology 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. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # liana **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /liˈɑnə/ **IPA (UK):** /liˈɑːnə/ **Frequency rank:** 38439 ## Meanings 1. a woody climbing plant, especially one growing in a tropical forest ## Examples - A thick liana hung from the canopy like a rope. ## Synonyms - woody vine ## Related Forms - vine - climber - rainforest ## Etymology 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. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown