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carambola
[ kar-uhm-boh-luh ]
/ ˌkær əmˈboʊ lə /
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noun
a tree, Averrhoa carambola, native to southeastern Asia, bearing deeply ridged, yellow-brown, edible fruit.
Also called star fruit. the fruit itself.
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Origin of carambola
1590–1600; <Portuguese <Marathi karambal
Words nearby carambola
carafe, caragana, carageen, Caramanlis, caramba, carambola, caramel, caramelize, carangid, carangoid, carapa
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How to use carambola in a sentence
Now, we will not leave them, adds the wild man, till you have had a carambola boca de jarro!
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste)|Abel ChapmanThe fruit is fleshy and acidic and consumed fresh or pickled: Averrhoa carambola.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. WolffThis can be demonstrated by taking a petiole of Biophytum sensitivum or of Averrhoa carambola.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
British Dictionary definitions for carambola
carambola
/ (ˌkærəmˈbəʊlə) /
noun
a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
Also called: star fruit the smooth-skinned yellow fruit of this tree, which is star-shaped in cross section
Word Origin for carambola
C18: Spanish carambola a sour greenish fruit, from Portuguese, from Marathi karambal
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