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Definition of Carambolas
1. carambola [n] - See also: carambola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carambolas
Literary usage of Carambolas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"Antonia ! bring hither a preserved carambola."—вата, S. 46p, 47. 1598.—"There is
another fruité called carambolas, which hath 8 (5 really) corners, ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... 1583- There is another fruit called carambolas, which hath eight corners, as
big as a small Apple, sowre in eating, ..."
3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... fruit called carambolas, which hath eight corners, as big as a small Apple,
sowre in eating, ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay and Florida's West Coast by Chelle Koster Walton (2003)
"Exotic fruit farmers also grow guavas, carambolas (star fruit), lychees, longans,
and other rare species. You can buy them fresh off the tree from stands ..."
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