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English Dictionary: Jacaranda by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jacaranda
n
  1. an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
    Synonym(s): Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, jacaranda, Dalbergia nigra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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