# jacaranda

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #77,812

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. The hard, dark wood of these trees.
3. A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.

## Etymology
From Portuguese jacarandá, from Old Tupi îacaranda.

## Source
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