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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ランタナ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rantana

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lantana/lænˈtɑːnə/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ランタナは七変化とも呼ばれる美しい花です。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of numerous tropical American shrubby plants belonging to the verbena family, having heads of small, brightly colored flowers that often change color as they mature.

    "The garden was brightened by clusters of pink and yellow lantana attracting butterflies."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the Latin name for the wayfaring tree (Viburnfium lantana), which has similar flower clusters. It was adopted scientifically as a genus name in the 18th century by Carl Linnaeus to describe this prominent group of tropical flowering shrubs.

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