'Liana' definitions:
Definition of 'liana'
From: WordNet
noun
A woody climbing usually tropical plant
Definition of 'Liana'
From: GCIDE
- Liane \Li*ane"\ (l[-i]*[=a]n"), Liana \Li*a"na\ (l[-i]*[=a]"n[.a]), n. [F. liane; prob. akin to lien a band, fr. L. ligamen, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. Lien, n. ] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'liana'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algae,
- autophyte,
- bean,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- climber,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- diatom,
- fern,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- ivy,
- kelp,
- legume,
- lentil,
- lichen,
- liverwort,
- mold,
- moss,
- mushroom,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- puffball,
- pulse,
- red algae,
- rockweed,
- rust,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smut,
- succulent,
- toadstool,
- vetch,
- vine,
- wort,
- wrack