jacaranda
Noun
Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
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They passed slowly under the jacaranda trees beginning to bloom lavender over their heads.
The hard, dark wood of these trees.
A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.
Noun
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
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jacarandas