Lantana
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A tropical or subtropical flowering shrub bearing dense clusters of small brightly coloured blooms, widely regarded as invasive outside its native range.
“The garden's back fence was completely smothered in lantana, its orange and yellow flowers spreading unchecked.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
lan·tan·a
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Synonyms
shrubflowering plant
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Wordle
Ends in -ANA, LANT- at the start with three As spread across the word makes it vowel-heavy
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Scrabble
Worth 7 points, three As and two Ns use low-value tiles but it covers 7 squares for a bonus
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