jacaranda Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
    Dalbergia nigra; Brazilian rosewood; caviuna wood.

WordNet

Jac`a*ran"da noun
Etymology
Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913