Definition of Averrhoa carambola

1. Noun. East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit.

Exact synonyms: Carambola, Carambola Tree
Terms within: Carambola, Star Fruit
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Averrhoa Carambola

Avellis' syndrome
Avena barbata
Avena fatua
Avena sativa
Avene sterilis
Aventine
Aventines
Averell Harriman
Averil
Avernal
Averni
Avernian
Avernus
Averrhoa
Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa carambola (current term)
Averroes
Averroism
Averroisms
Averroist
Averroists
Avery
Avesta
Avestan
Aveyron
Avi
Avicenna
Avicennia
Avicennia marina
Avicennia officinalis

Literary usage of Averrhoa carambola

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"The blimbing (averrhoa carambola) is a peculiar acid pentagonal fruit. Its seeds are flat It reminds you of a craw-fish, although nothing like it; ..."

2. Researches on Irritability of Plants by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1913)
"EFFECT OF FEEBLE CURRENT ON LEAFLETS OF Averrhoa carambola EMF = 22 volts ; current = 4 micro-amperes Effect of moderate current. ..."

3. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803;: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne (1909)
"Ates (Anona squamosa), 38, 50, 51, 40, 206. Averrhoa carambola ... Averrhoa carambola), 39, 297, 298, 38, 49, 4», 2°6, 50, 48. ..."

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