JACARANDA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

Synonyms:

Brazilian rosewood; caviuna wood; Dalbergia nigra; jacaranda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jacaranda" is a kind of...):

rosewood; rosewood tree (any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black)

Holonyms ("jacaranda" is a member of...):

Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)

Credits