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Definition of Jacaranda
1. Noun. An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black.
Group relationships: Dalbergia, Genus Dalbergia
Generic synonyms: Rosewood, Rosewood Tree
Definition of Jacaranda
1. n. The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.
Definition of Jacaranda
1. Noun. Any of several trees, of the genus ''Jacaranda'', from tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers ¹
2. Noun. The hard, dark wood of these trees ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jacaranda
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Medical Definition of Jacaranda
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacaranda
Literary usage of Jacaranda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"It is commonly planted in parts of S. Calif., and attains a height of 50 ft.
and more. This species is also cult, in Europe under glass. jacaranda is a ..."
2. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"... we have a valuable agent for many of these cases of autointoxication that are
the result of various forms of intestinal putrefaction. jacaranda ..."
3. Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Comprising the Characteristic by William Boericke, Oscar E. Boericke (1906)
"jacaranda. (Brazilian Caroba-Tree.) Has reputation as a remedy in venereal diseases
and rheumatism. Morning sickness. The urinary and sexual symptoms are ..."
4. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"treated successfully with jacaranda a case of epilepsy at the Eclectic Medical
Institute Clinic. The disease was of fourteen years duration, and averaged ..."
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