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.

jacaranda

jac a ran da |ˌjakəˈrandə ˌʤækəˈrændə | ▶noun a tropical American tree that has blue trumpet-shaped flowers, fernlike leaves, and fragrant timber. [Genus Jacaranda, family Bignoniaceae. ] ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani jakara'nda.

jacaranda

jacaranda |ˌdʒakəˈrandə | ▶noun a tropical American tree which has blue trumpet-shaped flowers, fern-like leaves, and fragrant timber. ●Genus Jacaranda, family Bignoniaceae. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani jakara'nda.

jacarandá

jacarandá o jacaranda nombre ambiguo Árbol tropical de hojas caducas, opuestas, de aspecto ligero y plumoso, flores agrupadas en espigas piramidales y laxas, formadas por más de cincuenta flores de cáliz pequeño y color azul violáceo y fruto en cápsula oblonga; puede alcanzar hasta 10 m de altura :la madera de jacarandá es muy apreciada en carpintería y ebanistería .SINÓNIMO tarco .El plural es jacarandaes o jacarandas .