lantana noun. [lan'tɑ:nǝ] L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from the specific name of the wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantana, to which it bears a superficial resemblance.]
Any of various shrubs and perennial herbs of the genus Lantana, of the verbena family, chiefly native to subtropical America, bearing axillary heads of red, yellow, white, or varicoloured flowers; esp. L. camara, grown in gardens and a weed in some tropical countries.

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