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tiger wood

Jacaranda \Jac`a*ran"da\, n. [Braz.; cf. Sp. & Pg. jacaranda.] (Bot.)

  1. The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.

  2. A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.