jacaranda

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

noun

1. any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.

2. any of various related or similar trees.

3. the often fragrant, ornamental wood of any of these trees.

jacaranda

/ ˌdʒækəˈrændə /

noun

1. any bignoniaceous tree of the tropical American genus Jacaranda , having fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers and widely cultivated in temperate areas of Australia

2. the fragrant ornamental wood of any of these trees

3. any of several related or similar trees or their wood

Word History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda¹

1745–55; < Portuguese jacarandá < Tupi yacarandá

Word History and Origins

Origin of jacaranda¹

C18: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani yacarandá

Example Sentences

When we got home, Sydney ran out the back door, raced through the grass and around the jacaranda tree, hoping for squirrels.

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That ultraviolet haze shimmering around a blossoming jacaranda delivers a moment of transcendent enchantment.

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Wait by a jacaranda tree long enough to see a petal flutter to the ground.

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Back in Los Angeles taking long walks with his daughter, past bodegas and car washes, he saw jacaranda, heard owls and coyotes and realized the wild had been here all along.

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It was Alexis Murphy’s tradition to photograph the jacaranda that guarded her childhood home in Pasadena.

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