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Webster 1913 Edition


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


jacarandá

jacarandá

See also: jacaranda and Jacaranda

Portuguese

jacarandás

Noun

jacarandá m (plural jacarandás)

  1. jacaranda (the tree)