lantana

See also: Lantana, lantānā, and lantāna

English

flowers of Lantana camara (common lantana)

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lantana (plural lantanas)

1. Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
   • 2009 August 13, Anne Raver, “A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The batwings, full of tulips in May, are now abloom with cosmos, angelonia and lantana.

References

• lantana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lantana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lantana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “lantana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

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Noun

lantana f (plural lantane)

1. wayfaring-tree, hoarwithy (plant of species Viburnum lantana)

Synonyms

• matallo

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Tagalog

Noun

lantanà

1. shrub (cultivated for making hedges and for its flowers of various colors)