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Definition of Carambola
1. Noun. East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit.
Terms within: Star Fruit
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
2. Noun. Deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Averrhoa Carambola, Carambola Tree
Definition of Carambola
1. n. An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Definition of Carambola
1. Noun. A tree species native of southern Asia, ''Averrhoa carambola''. ¹
2. Noun. The fruit of '''carambola''' tree, more commonly known as star fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carambola
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carambola
Literary usage of Carambola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spanish Fables in Verse by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1918)
"LI LA carambola EL CHICO, EL MULO Y EL GATO Pasando por un pueblo un Maragato,1
Llevaba sobre un mulo atado un gato, Al que un chico, mostrando disimulo, ..."
2. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"... carambola) is a peculiar acid pentagonal fruit. Its seeds are flat It reminds
you of a craw-fish, although nothing like it; only it looks somewhat ..."
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