carambola

car·am·bo·la  (krm-bl)

n.

1. An ornamental evergreen tree (Averrhoa carambola), native to southeast Asia and having crisp, edible, yellow to orange, longitudinally ridged fruits that are star-shaped in cross section.

2. The fruit of this plant. Also called star fruit.

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[Portuguese, perhaps from Marathi karambal.]

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carambola

Noun

a yellow edible star-shaped fruit that grows on a Brazilian tree [Spanish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carambola - East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit Averrhoa carambola, carambola tree star fruit, carambola - deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	carambola - deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert star fruit edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Averrhoa carambola, carambola, carambola tree - East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit