Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several tropical American trees or shrubs of the genus Jacaranda, having pinnately compound leaves and lavender-blue funnel-shaped flowers.
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- noun Any of several
trees , of the genusJacaranda , fromtropical South America , that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers - noun The hard, dark
wood of these trees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The French have given the name jacaranda to rose-wood, under the idea that the plant called jacaranda by the Brazilians yields it, which is not the case; "the same word has perhaps been the origin of palisander -- palixander, badly written."
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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In this film, Williams ends up in Heaven, and I particularly flash back to brilliant hues, and, in particular, a blue jacaranda tree, the second favorite of my wife Pearl.
Patrick Takahashi: Suicide Dreams Patrick Takahashi 2011
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There are trees and lots of bugambilla and jacaranda, and a modest weekly market tucked in there.
Page 3 2009
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There are trees and lots of bugambilla and jacaranda, and a modest weekly market tucked in there.
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The street is lined with jacaranda trees that leave purple droppings everywhere, in the fall the flowers turn yellow and orange, they leave sap on the cars.
Yukon Mining Company Melissa Ann Chadburn 2011
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In this film, Williams ends up in Heaven, and I particularly flash back to brilliant hues, and, in particular, a blue jacaranda tree, the second favorite of my wife Pearl.
Patrick Takahashi: Suicide Dreams Patrick Takahashi 2011
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There are trees and lots of bugambilla and jacaranda, and a modest weekly market tucked in there.
Page 3 2009
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There are trees and lots of bugambilla and jacaranda, and a modest weekly market tucked in there.
Page 3 2009
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Olive, Cyprus and eucalyptus trees give shape and shade; jasmine, rosemary and jacaranda perfume the entire estate.
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My NaNo last year made reference to the jacaranda trees here in Brisbane and is a post environmental apocalyptic version of Brisbane called New Brisbane (no points for ingenuity!).
gsbrunson commented on the word jacaranda
the Portuguese spelling accents the last syllable
February 7, 2010