lantana

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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)

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

References

Italian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

lantana f (plural lantane)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /lanˈtanaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: lan‧ta‧na

Noun

lantanà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ)

  1. common lantana (Lantana camara)
    Synonyms: kantutay, alagaw-pusa, koronitas, singko-negritos

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