: any of a genus (Jacaranda) of tropical American trees of the bignonia family with bipinnate leaves and panicles of showy usually blue flowers
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Zohran spent his first five years there, playing in the lush gardens under jacaranda trees.—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 This is also true of floss silk tree (Ceiba species), which shares jacaranda’s South American habitat.—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, cyclists glide past boutique galleries and beach cafés, as locals linger over cortados beneath jacaranda trees.—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for jacaranda
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Etymology
New Latin, from Portuguese jacarandá a tree of this genus, from Tupi jakaraná, jakarandá
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