A liana is a long-stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical ...
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support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word liana does not refer to a taxonomic grouping, but rather a habit of plant growth – much like tree or shrub. It comes from standard French liane, itself from an Antilles French dialect word meaning to sheave.[citation needed]