The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LANTANA
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More clues leading to the result LANTANA
- Insect in road nibbling end off a plant
- Shrub worker found in wood
- Flower described by plant anatomy
- Shrub in ground, mostly brown, beginning to atrophy
- In Californian city there’s a new brown plant
- Plant anatomy also includes a weed
- It's some plant, a native of North America, mostly
- Inside plant an alternate shrub
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What does LANTANA mean?
LANTANA noun- Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.