English > liana: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A woody climbing usually tropical plant. |
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Narrower | Chilean jasmine, Mandevilla laxa | woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers |
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cynancum | Any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods |
golden pothos, pothos, ivy arum, Epipremnum aureum, Scindapsus aureus | evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage |
jade vine, emerald creeper, Strongylodon macrobotrys | Vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana |
monstera | Any plant of the genus Monstera |
philodendron | Often grown as a houseplant |
pothos | Any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus |
white dipladenia, Mandevilla boliviensis, Dipladenia boliviensis | shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats |
Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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Spanish | bejuco, liana |
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Catalan | liana, Liana |
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