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Definition of Jacarandas
1. jacaranda [n] - See also: jacaranda
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacarandas
Literary usage of Jacarandas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in South America: From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (1875)
"... here and there great rosewood-trees (jacarandas), which were just now without
flowers or leaves, and accordingly looked as if they were dead or denuded ..."
2. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"... are jacarandas from Brazil, in some respects the most regal of our naturalized
tree citizens. A jacaranda in June, when it is crowned with great ..."
3. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"Bignonia radi- cans is a beautiful climbing plant, and the jacarandas have large
blue and purple flowers, with elegant leaves. Their wood is said to resist ..."
4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"The Gilmar, Francisco Madero #418, v 322-222-3923, is between Aguacate and
jacarandas, across from the Bernal Hotel in the old part of town. ..."
5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Orioles, sunbirds, and clouds of butterflies sip nectar from blossoming flame
trees, lavender jacarandas, scarlet hibiscus, and fragrant pink and white ..."
6. The Trees of Old England: Sketches of the Aspects, Associations, and Uses of by Leo Hartley Grindon (1868)
"Certainly no tree familiar to the eye in northern temperate latitudes presents
a spectacle more consummately soft and delicate. The mimosas and jacarandas ..."
7. Wanderings in Four Continents (1877)
"... the smaller plants that had succeeded the belt of grasses were replaced by a
dense growth of large trees —among them cedars, jacarandas and mahogany ..."
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