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Definition of Star fruit
1. 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, Carambola Tree
Definition of Star fruit
1. Noun. The fruit of the carambola tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Star Fruit
Literary usage of Star fruit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Âryan Word-building by George Otis Holbrooke (1910)
"... setting in crimson like Hercules; he is crushed between heaven and earth, but
controls the star-fruit of the Hesperides (Cu- chullin, sun-god of Ireland ..."
2. A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey: Containing the by James Alexander Brewer (1856)
"ALIS- MACE^EA Damasonium, Br. Common Star-fruit. June, \\ July. Plentiful about
New Pond on Earlswood Common. Mr. Edward T. Bennett informs me he has found ..."
3. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1900)
"It blooms so early that it is often killed: fruit fine; North Star, fruit too
small, also quite acid; Victoria grand and in every way one of the best. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Damasonium derives its popular name, star-fruit, from the fruits spreading when
ripe in the form of a star. It is a western I Flo. 1. ..."
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