carambola
noun
- a small, tropical shrub or tree (Averrhoa carambola, family Oxalidaceae) cultivated for its fruit
- its glossy, yellow, fleshy, oval fruit with prominent ridges, which, when cut across, produces star-shaped segments; star fruit
See carambola in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kărˌəm-bōˈlə)
noun- An ornamental evergreen tree (Averrhoa carambola), native to southeast Asia and having crisp, edible, yellow to orange, longitudinally ridged fruits that are star-shaped in cross section.
- The fruit of this plant. Also called star fruit.
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