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jacaranda (jăk'ərăn`də): see bignonia bignonia (bĭgnō`nēə) ..... Click the link for more information. . jacarandaAny plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia and J. cuspidifolia. Jacarandas are grown widely in warm parts of the world and in greenhouses for their showy blue or violet flowers and attractive, oppositely paired, compound leaves. The genus includes about 50 species native to Central and South America and the West Indies. The name is also applied to several tree species of the genera Machaerium and Dalbergia in the pea family (see legume), the sources of commercial rosewood.jacaranda 1. any bignoniaceous tree of the tropical American genus Jacaranda, having fernlike leaves and pale purple flowers and widely cultivated in temperate areas of Australia 2. the fragrant ornamental wood of any of these trees 3. any of several related or similar trees or their wood jacaranda [‚jak·ə′ran·də] (materials) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Easy" gives us Hodges' painting of a jacaranda tree beginning to lose its blossoms, "the inexplicit purple shawl about the lovely old neck, / easy on the grassy shoulders," and lets us become the beholder, "who sees all in a rush" that the tree letting go is "truer" than the tree's earlier "bright fanfare," All kinds of trees: sequoias, flowering cherry trees, maples, magnolia, jacaranda, wisteria vines," says Zamora, who helped to oversee various aspects of the landscaping, from the five miles of irrigation pipes to the planting of 25,000 plants--ranging from shrubs to roses to seasonal flowers--all in nine months. Predictable, yet always breathtaking, is the sight of Jacaranda trees in full flower. |
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