lantana

See also: Lantana, lantānā, and lantāna

English

flowers of Lantana camara (common lantana)

Etymology

translingual Lantana (genus name), from (northern dialect) Italian lantana (“the wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantana”).

Noun

lantana (plural lantanas)

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:
  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 at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

lantana f (plural lantane)

wayfaring-tree, hoarwithy (plant of species Viburnum lantana)
Synonym: matallo

Further reading

lantana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: lan‧ta‧na

IPA^(key): /lanˈtanaʔ/, [lɐnˈta.nɐʔ]

Noun

lantanà

common lantana (Lantana camara)

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