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car·am·bo·la (kar′əm bō′lə)

noun

  1. a small, tropical shrub or tree (Averrhoa carambola, family Oxalidaceae) cultivated for its fruit
  2. its glossy, yellow, fleshy, oval fruit with prominent ridges, which, when cut across, produces star-shaped segments; star fruit

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