liana
Woody tropical vine
A liana is a long-stemmed woody vine that climbs trees in tropical forests, using other plants for structural support to reach sunlight.
Lianas hang between trees, creating the tangled jungle vegetation familiar from adventure films: Tarzan swinging from liana to liana.
Also spelled liane.
Coiling plant appendage
- woodyMade of tree-stuff
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- stranglerOne who kills by constriction
epiphyte · aerial · ropelike · stem · bark · coiling · flexible · hanging
Tropical palm for weaving
- philodendronTropical ornamental arum houseplant
- monsteraHoley-leaved tropical aroid
- passionfruitTropical vine's edible pod
- vanillaOrchid pod extract
ayahuasca · curare · kudzu · wisteria · bougainvillea · clematis · honeysuckle · grapevine
Overhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- amazonFormidable warlike woman
- swingingMoving in arcs
understory · treefall · gap · bridge · pathway · tangled · impenetrable · machete
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
strangler · epiphyte · aerial · ropelike · stem · bark · coiling · flexible · hanging · dangling
rattan
Tropical palm for weaving
- philodendronTropical ornamental arum houseplant
- monsteraHoley-leaved tropical aroid
- passionfruitTropical vine's edible pod
vanilla · ayahuasca · curare · kudzu · wisteria · bougainvillea · clematis · honeysuckle · grapevine · jasmine
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- amazonFormidable warlike woman
swinging · understory · treefall · gap · bridge · pathway · tangled · impenetrable · machete · explorer
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- floraPlants of a region
fauna · symbiosis · epiphyte · host · tree · competition · light · canopy · gap · nutrient
twisted
Wound around itself
- coiledArranged in spirals
- wrappedCovered in material
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
intertwined · tangled · knotted · braided · spiral · woven · looped · entangled · snarled · enmeshed
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- rainforeststropical rainforest, canopy layer, forest floor, emergent layer, understory
- junglemonkey, gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee, sloth
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- tropicsequator, tropical climate, coconut tree, tropical, tropical zone
- vinesivy, wisteria, honeysuckle, kudzu, clematis