jacaranda

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

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noun

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

jacaranda

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noun

any bignoniaceous tree of the tropical American genus Jacaranda , having fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers and widely cultivated in temperate areas of Australia
the fragrant ornamental wood of any of these trees
any of several related or similar trees or their wood

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda¹

1745–55; < Portuguese �Ჹ��Ի�á < Tupi �ⲹ��Ի�á

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda¹

C18: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani �ⲹ��Ի�á

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Several yellow city street sweepers drove up and down Los Angeles Street in front of the federal courthouse, between blooming purple jacarandas and scores of police vehicles from various SoCal cities.

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A purple sweater dangled on a branch of a jacaranda tree.

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

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�� would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets?

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The jacaranda trees have started to bloom across Southern California.

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