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carambola

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

carambola(n = noun.plant) averrhoa carambola, carambola tree - East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit; Array

has parts: carambola, star fruit

is a kind of fruit tree

carambola(n = noun.food) star fruit - deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert; Array

is a kind of edible fruit

is a part of averrhoa carambola, carambola, carambola tree

carambola, n.

An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. [1913 Webster]

carambola, n.
1 a small tree, Averrhoa carambola, native to SE Asia, bearing golden-yellow ribbed fruit.
2 this fruit. Also called star fruit.

Etymology

Port., prob. of Indian or E. Indian orig.

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