"Lithe lianas" refers to flexible, slender climbing plants, often found in tropical forests. The term "lithe" suggests gracefulness and agility, while "lianas" describes woody vines that use trees for support as they grow upward. Together, the phrase evokes an image of these elegant vines gracefully intertwining with other vegetation in their natural habitat.
This is obviously a reference to the line in Dorothea Mackellar's poem about Australia, entitled "My Country". The section reads:Green tangle of the brushes,Where lithe lianas coil,And orchids deck the tree-topsAnd ferns the warm dark soilThis part of the stanza refers to the rainforests. Lianas are a type of rainforest vine, which coil upwards towards the sun through the thick tree canopy. "Lithe" means limber and flexible and so "lithe lianas" refers to the way these vines climb nimbly up the trees, curling around other plant parts.
This is obviously a reference to the line in Dorothea Mackellar's poem about Australia, entitled "My Country". The section reads:Green tangle of the brushes,Where lithe lianas coil,And orchids deck the tree-topsAnd ferns the warm dark soilThis part of the stanza refers to the rainforests. Lianas are a type of rainforest vine, which coil upwards towards the sun through the thick tree canopy. "Lithe" means limber and flexible and so "lithe lianas" refers to the way these vines climb nimbly up the trees, curling around other plant parts.
If you mean lithe as in agile, it rhymes with eye according to three or four dictionary pronunciation guides.
The root lith means stone.
When an animal is described as lithe, it means they are graceful. Usually it is a word used to describe a thin, graceful animal, that has fluid movements.
If you mean LIANAS or vines, no they live in the tropics.
The ballet dance was lithe and graceful lithe means supple and flexible
The scientific name for lianas, which are woody climbing plants typically found in tropical forests, is "Lianas." Lianas belong to various plant families and genera, so there isn't a specific single scientific name for all lianas.
He wore a dark suit; he showed the lithe movement of his body.
A synonym for lithe is supple, graceful, or flexible.
i am as lithe a snake!(literally)
Lianas live in the canopy layer of a rainforest