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jac⋅a⋅ran⋅da

  [jak-uh-ran-duh, -ran-dah]
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–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.
Origin:
1745–55; < Pg jacarandá < Tupi yacarandá
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jac·a·ran·da   (jāk'ə-rān'də)   
n.  

  1. Any of several tropical American trees or shrubs of the genus Jacaranda, having pinnately compound, opposite leaves and panicles of pale purple flowers with funnel-shaped corollas.

  2. The wood of this tree or a wood similar to it.


[Portuguese jacarandá, from Tupi, having a hard core, hard branch.]
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