jacaranda
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi îacaranda.
Noun[edit]
jacaranda (plural jacarandas)
- Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
- 2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 147:
- They passed slowly under the jacaranda trees beginning to bloom lavender over their heads.
- The hard, dark wood of these trees.
- A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.
Translations[edit]
tree
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wood
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jacaranda m (plural jacarandas)
Further reading[edit]
- “jacaranda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French jacaranda.
Noun[edit]
jacaranda m (plural jacaranda)
Declension[edit]
Declension of jacaranda
singular | plural | |||
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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[edit]
Noun[edit]
jacaranda f (plural jacarandas)
Adjective[edit]
jacaranda f
Further reading[edit]
- “jacaranda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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