jacaranda

See also: Jacaranda and jacarandá

English

Etymology

From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi îacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda (plural jacarandas)

  1. Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
    • 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 147:
      They passed slowly under the jacaranda trees beginning to bloom lavender over their heads.
  2. The hard, dark wood of these trees.
  3. A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒa.ka.ʁɑ̃.da/

Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacarandas)

  1. jacaranda

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jacaranda.

Noun

jacaranda m (plural jacaranda)

  1. jacaranda

Declension
Declension of jacaranda
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) jacaranda jacarandaul (niște) jacaranda jacarandai
genitive/dative (unui) jacaranda jacarandaului (unor) jacaranda jacarandalor
vocative jacarandaule jacarandalor

Spanish

Noun

jacaranda f (plural jacarandas)

  1. jacaranda

Adjective

jacaranda f

  1. feminine singular of jacarando

Further reading
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