jacaranda
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- noun
- /ˌdʒækəˈrændə/
- As I walked through the park, the vibrant purple petals of the jacaranda tree danced in the breeze, creating a picturesque scene.
- jacaranda tree
- jacaranda blossom
- purple jacaranda
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Watch on YouTubeThe city was awash with the pale indigo of the Jacaranda trees, and there's an old proverb which says that Jacaranda time is madness time.
- The city was awash with the pale indigo of the Jacaranda trees, and there's an old proverb which says that Jacaranda time is madness time.
Examples
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I lay still for a few moments longer, looking up at the stars in the clear sky through the limbs of a leafless jacaranda tree.
Fiction book (1992) -
The streets were lined with blossoming jacaranda trees, their purple flowers creating a stunning display in the spring sunshine.
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He, leaning heavily on her arm, will walk the two blocks to the park and sit under the purple jacaranda trees.
Fiction book (1997) -
Over the wall, on the other side of the house, she spies a white balloon caught in the branches of a giant jacaranda tree.
Fiction book (1995) -
The morning sun went behind a cloud as jacaranda petals rained down to the swimming pool.
Fiction book (1995) -
Purple jacaranda trees competed with pink oleander and blood-red bougainvillea.
Fiction book (1991) -
He had planted jacaranda trees when he built the house, thinking their fragrant tropical blooms a perfect complement to the Spanish-style architecture.
Fiction book (1995) -
On long June days, I occasionally catch him staring into his backyard, where jacaranda trees display gossamer blossoms and scrub jays dart through the air, repeating their songs.
Fiction book (2001) -
She sits beneath a jacaranda, its violet blooms in season, when the nursery deliveryman enters her yard, a Turkish immigrant named Yasar Hasim.
Fiction book (2001) -
Every year, the arrival of the jacaranda signifies the start of warmer weather, filling the air with the sweet scent of its blooms.
Compounds
A tree with many small leaves and bright yellow flowers often grown in parks and gardens
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jacaranda comes from a native Brazilian language and entered English from Portuguese as jacarandá, the local name for the South American tree. So the name reminds us that this is a tropical tree famous for its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers.