JACARANDA


Meaning of JACARANDA in English

I. |jakərən|dä, ˌjakəˈrandə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Portuguese jacarandá, from Tupi yacarandá

1. : any of several Brazilian timber trees (as Brazilian rosewood) with heavy dark wood that resembles rosewood

2. : the wood of a jacaranda

II. ˌjakəˈrandə noun

Etymology: New Latin & Portuguese; New Latin (the genus), from Portuguese (a tree of this genus)

1. capitalized : a genus of pinnate-leaved tropical American trees (family Bignoniaceae) with showy blue flowers in panicles

2. -s : a tree of the genus Jacaranda

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