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jacaranda

[ jak-uh-ran-duh, -ran-dah ]

noun

  1. any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.
  2. any of various related or similar trees.
  3. the often fragrant, ornamental wood of any of these trees.


jacaranda

/ ˌæəˈæԻə /

noun

  1. any bignoniaceous tree of the tropical American genus Jacaranda , having fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers and widely cultivated in temperate areas of Australia
  2. the fragrant ornamental wood of any of these trees
  3. any of several related or similar trees or their wood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda1

1745–55; < Portuguese ᲹԻá < Tupi ⲹԻá
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda1

C18: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani ⲹԻá
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Example Sentences

Like the steel jacaranda she is, Los Angeles will never surrender.

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Despite its non-native status and exasperating tendency to blanket cars and sidewalks with slippery, aphid-attracting flowers, jacaranda trees have their fans, especially right now when streets, freeways and medians are saturated with bluish-purple flowers.

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The jacaranda trees have started to bloom across Southern California.

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This year’s flowering has arrived three weeks earlier than last year’s, which many avid jacaranda buffs experienced as later than usual.

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The Dandora school is also planting trees including jacaranda and grevillea.

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