Definition of Jacarandas

1. Noun. (plural of jacaranda) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jacarandas

1. jacaranda [n] - See also: jacaranda

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacarandas

jaboticaba tree
jaboticabas
jabots
jabroni
jabs
jabuticaba
jabuticabas
jacal
jacales
jacals
jacamar
jacamars
jacana
jacanas
jacaranda
jacarandas (current term)
jacare
jacares
jacchus
jacchuses
jacconet
jacconets
jacent
jacinth
jacinthe
jacinthes
jacinths
jack-a-dandies
jack-a-dandy

Literary usage of Jacarandas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"... here and there great rosewood-trees (jacarandas), which were just now without flowers or leaves, and accordingly looked as if they were dead or denuded ..."

2. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"... are jacarandas from Brazil, in some respects the most regal of our naturalized tree citizens. A jacaranda in June, when it is crowned with great ..."

3. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"Bignonia radi- cans is a beautiful climbing plant, and the jacarandas have large blue and purple flowers, with elegant leaves. Their wood is said to resist ..."

4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"The Gilmar, Francisco Madero #418, v 322-222-3923, is between Aguacate and jacarandas, across from the Bernal Hotel in the old part of town. ..."

5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Orioles, sunbirds, and clouds of butterflies sip nectar from blossoming flame trees, lavender jacarandas, scarlet hibiscus, and fragrant pink and white ..."

6. The Trees of Old England: Sketches of the Aspects, Associations, and Uses of by Leo Hartley Grindon (1868)
"Certainly no tree familiar to the eye in northern temperate latitudes presents a spectacle more consummately soft and delicate. The mimosas and jacarandas ..."

7. Wanderings in Four Continents (1877)
"... the smaller plants that had succeeded the belt of grasses were replaced by a dense growth of large trees —among them cedars, jacarandas and mahogany ..."

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