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jacaranda
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jacaranda has 1 sense
- jacaranda(n = noun.plant) brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, dalbergia nigra - an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black; Array is a member of dalbergia, genus dalbergia
is a kind of rosewood, rosewood tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
jacaranda, n. [Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.].
The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood , tiger wood , and violet wood . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jacaranda, n.
1 any tropical American tree of the genus Jacaranda, with trumpet-shaped blue flowers.
2 any tropical American tree of the genus Dalbergia, with hard scented wood.
1 any tropical American tree of the genus Jacaranda, with trumpet-shaped blue flowers.
2 any tropical American tree of the genus Dalbergia, with hard scented wood.
Etymology
Tupi-Guarani jacarand{aacute}
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