primavera¹

[pree-muh-vair-uh]

noun

a central American tree, Cybistax donnell-smithii, of the bignonia family, having showy, tubular yellow flowers.
Also called white mahogany. the hard, yellowish-white wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

Origin of primavera¹

1890–95; < Spanish: literally, spring; so called from its early flowering; see primaveral

[pree-muh-vair-uh; Italian pree-mah-ve-rah]

adjective Italian Cookery.

apparently ellipsis from Italian alla primavera in the style of springtime; see primaveral

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It is primavera—the primavera of the Italy of Parma violets and lush red roses.
Dust of New York
Konrad Bercovici
Has he not spoken of the festas and the jousts, and the rare encounters that in Naples greeted Primavera?
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study
Edward Hutton
It is a hunter who informs the father of the love of his daughter and the count in one of the romances, Primavera, II, 362.
The English and Scottish popular ballads (Volume II of 5)
Various
He stopped, his hand on the trunk of a primavera tree and waited for the man to approach.
When the Owl Cries
Paul Bartlett
The primavera or “spring fabric” was so named from the flowers which adorned it.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume III (of 3)
Leonard Williams

"spring, spring time," Italian, from Latin prima vera, plural of primus ver literally "first spring;" see prime (adj.) + vernal. Related: Primaveral.