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  • noun Plural form of jacaranda.

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Examples

  • The soft purple buds from the jacarandas of a distant park, borne by the wind, floated aimlessly down from the sky, landing on his prostrate body, settling across his back in an impromptu bouquet.

    The Sanchez Ghost 2009

  • Posee arbolado adulto y joven en sus márgenes: fresnos, tejocotes, pinos, cedros, jacarandas, robles, nogales, liquidambars y otras especies, además de pequeñas plantas de camelinas.

    Land for sale / Terreno en venta Tirio, Michoac�n 2009

  • The swimming pool is surrounded by huge boulders with a waterfall flowing into it; the property is loaded with pink bougainvillea, purple jacarandas and lots of lemon, lime and orange trees.

    The House Built By Chipmunks Nancy Keates 2011

  • Ethan Pines for The Wall Street Journal The blue swimming pool is surrounded by huge boulders with a waterfall flowing into it; the property is loaded with pink bougainvillea, purple jacarandas and lots of lemon, lime and orange trees.

    'Chipmunks' Estate 2011

  • The soft purple buds from the jacarandas of a distant park, borne by the wind, floated aimlessly down from the sky, landing on his prostrate body, settling across his back in an impromptu bouquet.

    The Sanchez Ghost 2009

  • Summer day of bougainvillea, wild poinsettia and swaying jacarandas - carefree, carefree - a dry wind carried the restless spirit of the future on its back, fanned by strange fires in young Pablo Graf's head.

    The Sanchez Ghost 2009

  • Summer day of bougainvillea, wild poinsettia and swaying jacarandas - carefree, carefree - a dry wind carried the restless spirit of the future on its back, fanned by strange fires in young Pablo Graf's head.

    The Sanchez Ghost 2009

  • The continent might be filled with different peoples: made up of Muslim, Arab countries to the north; its west is sticky with tropical heat and suffused with in-your-face energy; the east is a land of cattle herding nomads, of intermittent drought and a slower pace; while the south has the guitar bands and spectacular jacarandas.

    Rob Crilly: Africa, The World Cup and the Danger of Clich�� 2010

  • Petals from the purple jacarandas drift down, covering the sidewalk.

    Visiting Zacatecas, a UNESCO World Heritage City 2008

  • Petals from the purple jacarandas drift down, covering the sidewalk.

    Visiting Zacatecas, a UNESCO World Heritage City 2008

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  • From the book White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Pg. 49.

    "Clusters of lavender jacarandas emerged from the ranks of trees as we stitched along the gray-and-white streets."

    November 1, 2010