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 Chapman
The fruit is fleshy and acidic and consumed fresh or pickled: Averrhoa carambola.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
This 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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