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ca⋅ram⋅bo⋅la

  [kar-uhm-boh-luh]
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–noun
1. a tree, Averrhoa carambola, native to southeastern Asia, bearing deeply ridged, yellow-brown, edible fruit.
2. Also called star fruit. the fruit itself.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Pg < Marathi karambal
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car·am·bo·la   (kār'əm-bō'lə)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  2. The fruit of this plant. Also called star fruit.


[Portuguese, perhaps from Marathi karambal.]
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