lantanaEtymologyFrom translingual Lantana (genus name), from (northern dialect) Italian lantana (“the wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantana”).lantana means any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounAny member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.“The batwings, full of tulips in May, are now abloom with cosmos, angelonia and lantana.”