jacaranda

Meaning

Noun

• Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
• The hard, dark wood of these trees.
• A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens (species), Dalbergia nigra (species) and Dalbergia refusa (species).

Origin

• From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi yacaranda.