liana
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Origin of liana
1790–1800; earlier liannes (plural), apparently misspelling of French lianes, plural of liane, derivative of lier to bind; spelling with -a is Latinized or pseudo-Spanish
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He was asked by liana Bouzali, Morgan Stanley’s global head of derivatives, distribution and structuring, how he would construct a hedge-fund portfolio from scratch today.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
Three days later, observers caught sight of Rakus perched in a tree and eating leaves of Fibraurea tinctoria, a climbing liana known as akar kuning.
From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2024
He obtains dried water hyacinths and liana vines — both considered destructive plants — from his home country, Thailand.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2013
The Mbuti employed long nets of twined liana bark to catch their prey, sometimes stretching the nets for 300 feet.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2012
The man erect had, tied to his waistbelt by a piece of liana, a skull.
From The Pools of Silence by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
“There will be more jobs for us guides,” said Díaz, from the shade of a tree full of lianas.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
They range from the role of lianas and vines—which can both hamper reforestation by hindering light and help it by offering protection from storms—to how to measure success and manage the projects.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 22, 2022
One has features typical of lianas, which are woody vines.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2021
Brewin: There are all these tangly lianas, you know, vines and things like that — very deep leaf litter in the forest areas.
From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2018
Walking among the giant trees with their snakelike lianas, or vines, hanging down, Roosevelt noted the stillness and silence in the forest.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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