Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

liana

Turkish translation:

liane; sarmaşık

Added to glossary by Tuncay Kurt
May 2, 2005 18:42
19 yrs ago
English term

liana

English to Turkish Science Botany
Bir bitki türü; şurada geçiyor
"Shaved ice mixed with liana syrup and put in a new silver bowl."
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May 2, 2005 19:03: Özden Arıkan changed "Term asked" from "\"liana\"" to "liana"

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1. , liane i. sıcak memleket ormanlarında yetişen ve sarmaşık gibi ağaçlara tırmanan bir bitki.

This "quote" is taken from the under the title "Elegant Things" from ch. 29 of the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

1. , liane i. sıcak memleket ormanlarında yetişen ve sarmaşık gibi ağaçlara tırmanan bir bitki.sarmaşık

1. A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems.
2. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane.
3. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region. a woody climbing usually tropical plant.
4. Species of plant that uses the support of wood plants to elevate its leaves above the forest canopy .
5. As used in this manual, a layer of vegetation in forested plant communities that consists of woody vines The term may also be applied to a given species .
6. Climbing plant with woody stems .
7. Vine-like climbing plant that grows by supporting itself on others and that roots in the ground, germinating there and maintaining its contact with the soil . . 1 a woody vine that germinates and remains rooted in the ground, using trees for physical support As cited in . . – Any climbing, woody, usually tropical vine. . a woody climbing usually tropical plant.

Elegant Things

A white coat worn over a violet waistcoat.
Duck eggs.
Shaved ice mixed with liana syrup and put in a new silver bowl.
A rosary of rock crystal.
Wistaria blossoms. Plum blossoms covered with snow.
A pretty child eating strawberries.
--from ch. 29 of the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon



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