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单词 liana
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lianan.

Brit. /lɪˈɑːnə/, U.S. /liˈɑnə/, /liˈænə/
Forms: Also 1700s lianne, 1800s liane, irregular lliane.
Etymology: The form liane is < French liane (1658 liene in Rochefort), supposed to be a derivative of lier to bind. The form liana is either a latinization of liane, or has arisen from the notion that the word was of Spanish origin. N.E.D. (1902) enters this under the double headword liana, liane and gives the pronunciations (liˌā·nă, liˌā·n) /lɪˈɑːnə/, /lɪˈɑːn/.
The name given to the various climbing and twining plants which abound in tropical forests.
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1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. 231 The nebees, called by the French liannes, by the Spaniards bejucos, and in Surinam tay-tay.]
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 748 Liannes interwoven from trunk to trunk.
1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 267 Spite of all its brambles and lianas.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) ii. 25 Many of the older trees presented a very curious appearance from the tresses of a liana hanging from their boughs, and resembling bundles of hay.
1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 24 Lliana.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 136 Palms of every variety, all covered with gigantic lianes.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxvi. 150 A stone bridge..clasped with close lianas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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