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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European nations already struggling to deal with Ukraine and their own economies have very practical concerns about getting involved now in Iran, said Liana Fix of the Council on Foreign Relations.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
In a cozy pool house in Holmby Hills, 33-year-old Liana Levi counts backward from 10 as I move my leg in a slow circle.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Liana Zanette of Western University in Ontario and her colleagues were able to show that animals react most strongly to human voices and flee in response, as the researchers report in Current Biology.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
She jerked her thumb at the next table, where Ainsley, Liana, and a few other girls were sitting.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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