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

What would Los Angeles be like without the nearly 30,000 jacaranda trees on city streets?

From Los Angeles Times

The jacaranda trees have started to bloom across Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

This year’s flowering has arrived three weeks earlier than last year’s, which many avid jacaranda buffs experienced as later than usual.

From Los Angeles Times

The Dandora school is also planting trees including jacaranda and grevillea.

From Seattle Times

The jacarandas are in bloom across Mexico City, their blueish-purple flowers almost mocking in the stifling, polluted air of the dry season.

From Los Angeles Times