Etymology

lantana

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Today it means: Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters. Full definition →

translingual Lantana ← Italian lantana
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  1. Italian · derived fromlantana“the wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantana”
  2. translingual · derived fromLantana
  3. English todaylantana

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.