jacaranda
n 1: an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard
dark-colored wood streaked with black [syn: {Brazilian
rosewood}, {caviuna wood}, {jacaranda}, {Dalbergia nigra}]
Jacaranda \Jac`a*ran"da\, n. [Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.]
(Bot.)
(a) The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees,
which produce the beautiful woods called {king wood},
{tiger wood}, and {violet wood}.
(b) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy
trumpet-shaped flowers.
[1913 Webster]