jacaranda
noun
jac·a·ran·da
ˌja-kə-ˈran-də 
: any of a genus (Jacaranda) of tropical American trees of the bignonia family with bipinnate leaves and panicles of showy usually blue flowers
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In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
In front of the federal building on Los Angeles Street, yellow city street sweepers rolled back and forth between blooming jacarandas and scores of police vehicles.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Early one recent morning, Mexico’s secretary of the economy, Marcelo Ebrard, stood at his office window, looking out at the city’s canopy of jacarandas.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The jacarandas in Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca blanket the cities and the towns like a vibrant purple carpet from March through April.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
In front of the federal building on Los Angeles Street, yellow city street sweepers rolled back and forth between blooming jacarandas and scores of police vehicles.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Early one recent morning, Mexico’s secretary of the economy, Marcelo Ebrard, stood at his office window, looking out at the city’s canopy of jacarandas.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The jacarandas in Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca blanket the cities and the towns like a vibrant purple carpet from March through April.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Jacaranda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jacaranda. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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