{ Li‐ane″ (lī̍‐ān″), Li‐a″na (lī̍‐ā″nȧ), } 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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.