jacaranda

noun

jac·a·ran·da | \ ˌja-kə-ˈran-də

Definition of jacaranda

: any of a genus (Jacaranda) of tropical American trees of the bignonia family with bipinnate leaves and panicles of showy usually blue flowers

Examples of jacaranda in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One last plastic lawn chair remained open under the shade of a jacaranda tree, and the man in the next seat over nodded toward it. — Eric Barton, orlandosentinel.com, "Postcard from the edge of a pandemic," 11 Apr. 2021 Three jacarandas are now planted on a large field next to Lakeside Middle School LAKESIDE — Three of the nearly two dozen jacaranda trees slated to be cut down on Friday to make way for a new library in Lakeside were given a second chance at life. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Lakeside school district, county team up with locals to save trees," 9 Apr. 2021 In Your Pocket, a popular events guide that runs an annual jacaranda photo competition. — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, "Outsiders turned icons, South Africa’s jacarandas spring into bloom," 3 Nov. 2020 The hue blended in with trees blooming with purplish jacaranda flowers. — Dallas News, "Millions of women skip work, many march to protest violence and demand equality in Mexico," 9 Mar. 2020 Bright blue jacaranda trees brighten the courtyards, and everywhere cleaners with mops attack the grime of the city. — Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, "Zambia has 17 million people, a stroke epidemic, and no neurologists," 30 Dec. 2019 For whites, even in war, Rhodesia was caught in a time warp of country clubs and drinks at sunset on shaded terraces scented by bougainvillea and jacaranda. — Alan Cowell, New York Times, "Mugabe’s Reign Began With Bob Marley and Good Schools. Despotism Soon Followed.," 6 Sep. 2019 The curbside carrotwood, magnolia, jacaranda, liquid amber and podocarpus trees have not been stolen. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Whodunit? Case of the missing downtown San Diego trees," 9 Aug. 2019 As hummingbirds dart among arbutus trees, the gardenias and carissa flowering beneath a jacaranda scent the air near the door. — Emily Young, Los Angeles Times, "A tranquil garden getaway amid the hustle and bustle of Westwood," 3 Aug. 2019

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