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lantana|lænˈtɑːnə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 349), f. an earlier Latin name for Viburnum, to which its foliage bears a slight resemblance.]
An evergreen herb or shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Verbenaceæ, often a native of sub-tropical America, and bearing heads of red, yellow, or white flowers.
1791W. Bartram Carolina 103 There grows on this island, many curious shrubs, particularly a beautiful species of Lantana. 1882Cornh. Mag. Jan. 24 Fritz Müller noticed a lantana in South America which changes colour as its flowering advances. 1893Daily News 26 July 7/4 That showy flower, the Lantana. 1917Nature 20 Sept. 57/2 Two introduced shrubs, Guava and Lantana, now occupy extensive areas [of Hawaii], and have become great pests. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Nov. 776/4 The scene is the Tweed River district of New South Wales, where banana plantations compete with the lantana creeper for a foothold. 1947K. Tennant Lost Haven (1968) Prologue 3 The loveliness of the place is a faint, sweet corruption; old, grey, wooden wharves..heaps of coal overgrown with wild convolvulus and lantana. 1961Amat. Gardening 21 Oct. Suppl. 31/1 Most of the lantanas form small shrub-like plants with roundish heads of small flowers. 1969New Scientist 20 Feb. 385/1 The world's worst weeds..include purple nut-sedge, Bermuda grass..cogon grass, and lantana. |