carambola
n.
yellow-brown tropical fruit deeply marked with ridges; East Indian tree that bears the carambola fruit, starfruit
Carambola
The carambola is a species of
tree native to
Sri Lanka,
India and
Indonesia and is popular throughout
Southeast Asia Malaysia and parts of
East Asia. It is also grown in
Dominican Republic,
Brazil,
Peru,
Ghana,
Guyana,
Samoa,
Tonga,
Taiwan,
French Polynesia,
Costa Rica and
Australia. Carambola is commercially grown in the
United States in south
Florida and
Hawaii. It is closely related to the
bilimbi.
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carambola
Noun
1. East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
(synonym) carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola
(hypernym) fruit tree
(part-meronym) star fruit
2. deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
(synonym) star fruit
(hypernym) edible fruit
(part-holonym) carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola
caramboler
v.
cannon, crash; carom
carambola (f)
n.
cannon, carom