lantana
lantana definition
lan·tana (lan tā′nə, -tä′-)
noun
any of a genus (Lantana) of shrubby plants of the verbena family, growing in tropical and subtropical America and often cultivated as pot plants
Etymology: ModL < It dial., viburnum < Gaul < IE base *lento-, lithe, flexible > linden, L lentus
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