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Meanings of liana in English

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        1
        When he perceived the mothers gaining on them, he cut the liana.
        Across Unknown South America
        2
        He extracts the poison from a certain liana-thepaullinia pinnata-whichhe calls timbó.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        3
        This animated liana turned out to be a pale-green snake, the Dryophis fulgida.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        4
        In the end I used a length of liana bark.
        Conquest of the Useless
        5
        I carry my world with me in a little net made of liana fibers.
        Conquest of the Useless
        6
        Emmeline was sitting nearby, stringing together some gorgeous blossoms on a tendril of liana.
        The Blue Lagoon
        7
        There was strong spatial and temporal variation in liana biomass within and across the plots.
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        8
        This is by using a poisonous liana called Timbó (Paullinia pinnata).
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        9
        As for this liana, it is a lien between us, and so you will see!
        Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
        10
        This liana grows in profusion on the humid declivities of the mountains of Unturan and Achivaquery.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        11
        This tendency of the sap to ascend is well shown in another plant, the water liana.
        The Naturalist in Nicaragua
        12
        The liana was for the purpose of stringing the fish on, should the catch be large.
        The Blue Lagoon
        13
        The next morning, before dawn, the liana was flung down the side of the pit again.
        The Fifth Head of Cerberus
        14
        When first noticed, it was passing up the liana, for the latter slanted upwards between the trees.
        The Boy Hunters
        15
        This species of liana is celebrated among the Indians, and serves for making baskets and weaving mats.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        16
        Then he came out, spear in one hand, and half a fathom of liana in the other.
        The Blue Lagoon
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