Definition of "lantana" [lantana]

• Any of various aromatic, chiefly tropical shrubs of the genus Lantana, having dense spikes or heads and small colorful flowers. (noun)

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• "Majesty King Mswati III, at which he presented a grant of pesticides to control invader plants, such as lantana, in the reserve."
• "When he hid in the lantana jungle, they formed lines of beaters, and through lantana jungle and guava scrub they drove him like a rabbit."
• "The terrestrial ecological balance of the islands has been threatened by the introduction of predators, competing species and exotic plants such as guava, citrus, lantana, quinine, elephant grass and blackberry which invade the territory of native species on abandoned farms."