Jacaranda

Jac′a·ran′da (jăk′ȧ·răn′dȧ; g. zhä′kȧ·rȧn·dä′), 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.