JACARANDAS

Noun

jacarandas

plural of jacaranda

Source: Wiktionary


JACARANDA

Jac`a*ran"da, n. Etym: [Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.] (Bot.) (a) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood. (b) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet- shaped flowers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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