jacaranda
Americannoun
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any of various tropical trees belonging to the genus Jacaranda, of the catalpa family, having showy clusters of usually purplish flowers.
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any of various related or similar trees.
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the often fragrant, ornamental wood of any of these trees.
noun
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any bignoniaceous tree of the tropical American genus Jacaranda , having fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers and widely cultivated in temperate areas of Australia
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the fragrant ornamental wood of any of these trees
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any of several related or similar trees or their wood
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Etymology
Origin of jacaranda
1745–55; < Portuguese jacarandá < Tupi yacarandá
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Then up, up, and up, past the markets, clothing boutiques, fix-it shops, the swirling schools of motor scooters and all those purple jacaranda trees, starting their seasonal bloom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
For Haslam, losing her jacaranda felt like a second wave of grief after her home burned down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
But when the Army Corps removed her beloved tree this year, all that remained was the jacaranda — the one that for years had left her car sticky with sap and stunk up the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
But this spring, after the January Eaton fire scorched her childhood home and the jacaranda along with it, the scene was too grim to capture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
The tender budding of our new year, the periwinkles and the jasmine, the soft, scented champak blossom, had yielded place to the fierce flowering jacaranda and gold mohur, before Ira’s time came for giving birth.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
The arborist said what also helped is that jacarandas are highly heat-tolerant and generally planted among low grasses rather than tall shrubs, limiting the potential for upward burn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Gretchen North, a biology professor at Occidental College, said plant recovery efforts in the canyons above Altadena have revealed that jacarandas have fared “remarkably well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Originating in subtropical South America, jacarandas typically bloom around May and June, taking their cue from the season’s first stretch of consistent heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
As curator of the online arboretum “Trees of LA,” Carrie celebrates the power of jacarandas on Instagram to make Angelenos aware of other remarkable trees that flower simultaneously, such as vibrant orange coral trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Rain is falling and night is falling in Moca as we pass, the palm roofs sagging, the soil soggy with drowned seeds, the drenched jacarandas losing their creamy blossoms.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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