Jacaranda

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacaranda \Jac`a*ran"da\, n. [Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.]
     (Bot.)
     (a) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees,
         which produce the beautiful woods called {king wood},
         {tiger wood}, and {violet wood}.
     (b) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy


         trumpet-shaped flowers.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jacaranda
       n : an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard
           dark-colored wood streaked with black [syn: {Brazilian
           rosewood}, {caviuna wood}, {Dalbergia nigra}]