liana
Noun
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A woody climbing usually tropical plant (synset 113140970)
is a type of: vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surfacesubtypes:
- dipladenia boliviensis, mandevilla boliviensis, white dipladenia - shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
- 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
- epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, pothos, scindapsus aureus - evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
- monstera - any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants
- philodendron - often grown as a houseplant
- pothos - any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus
- emerald creeper, jade vine, strongylodon macrobotrys - vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws
- cynancum - any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
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