jacaranda
noun
jac·a·ran·da
ˌja-kə-ˈran-də 
: any of a genus (Jacaranda) of tropical American trees of the bignonia family with bipinnate leaves and panicles of showy usually blue flowers
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To illustrate, Smith points to the jacaranda planted on the median along Wilshire Boulevard near the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.
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Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Carrie notes the international adaptability of jacarandas, which have flourished in traditionally moderate climates from San Diego to Cairo.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
So far, flowering jacarandas have been spotted along residential streets in East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Venice, Pasadena and Long Beach.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
The colonial buildings in honeydew and cantaloupe colors — surrounded by banyan trees, strangler figs, and jacaranda and set off by the bright primaries and pastels of the clothes of passersby — make for a delicious street scene.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
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Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Carrie notes the international adaptability of jacarandas, which have flourished in traditionally moderate climates from San Diego to Cairo.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
So far, flowering jacarandas have been spotted along residential streets in East Hollywood, Silver Lake, Venice, Pasadena and Long Beach.
—Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
The colonial buildings in honeydew and cantaloupe colors — surrounded by banyan trees, strangler figs, and jacaranda and set off by the bright primaries and pastels of the clothes of passersby — make for a delicious street scene.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Jacaranda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jacaranda. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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