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Jacaranda
Jacˊa-ran′da
,Noun.
[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.
Definition 2024
Jacaranda
Jacaranda
Translingual
Jacaranda brasiliana
Proper noun
Jacaranda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – the jacarandas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Bignoniaceae - family; Jacarandeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Jacaranda caerulea - type species; for species see
Jacaranda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies and Jacaranda at The Plant List
jacaranda
jacaranda
English
Noun
jacaranda (plural jacarandas)
- Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
- The hard, dark wood of these trees.
- A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably D. frutescens, D. nigra and D. refusa.
Translations
tree
trade name
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