lantana

lan·ta·na

any of a genus (Lantana) of shrubby plants of the verbena family, growing in tropical and subtropical America and often cultivated as pot plants

Origin of lantana

Modern Latin from Italian dialect, dialectal , viburnum from Gaulish from Indo-European base an unverified form lento-, lithe, flexible from source linden, Classical Latin lentus

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lantana

noun

Any of various chiefly tropical shrubs or herbs of the genus Lantana, widely cultivated for their dense clusters of small colorful flowers.

Origin of lantana

New Latin Lantana genus name from Italian dialectal lantana wayfaring tree, viburnum perhaps from Vulgar Latin lentāgō *lentāgin- from Latin lentus light, flexible

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Noun

(plural lantanas)

Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.

Origin

From the genus name.

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Lantana: a flowering plant from the verbena family that produces a cluster of flowers in red, orange and yellow most commonly and sometimes blue and white.
Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum Lantana) - One of the two kinds native of Britain, and frequent in hedgerows and copses, especially in chalk or limestone soils.
Lantana is a large flowering perennial that produces blooms in varying shades of red, orange, yellow, and white.
Petunias and lantana also add beautiful flowers and some cascade over the edges of the pot.
In England, the following species are confined or almost confined to calcareous soils: A splenium Ruta-muraria, Melica nutans, Carex digitata, Aceras anthropophora, Ophrys ap~ifera, Thalictrum minus, Helianthemum Chamaecislus, Viola hirta, Linum perenne, Geranium lucidum, Hippocrepis comosa, Potentiila verna, Viburnum Lantana, Galium asperum (= G.

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verbena

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