jacaranda

noun

jac·​a·​ran·​da ˌja-kə-ˈran-də How to pronounce jacaranda (audio)
: 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for jacaranda

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Portuguese jacarandá a tree of this genus, from Tupi jakaraná, jakarandá

First Known Use

circa 1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jacaranda was circa 1753

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“Jacaranda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jacaranda. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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