Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The acid fruit of the Averrhoa Carambola of tropical Asia, which resembles the bilimbi, and is often cultivated. It is used for making tarts, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An East Indian tree (
Averrhoa Carambola ), and its acid, juicy fruit; called alsoCoromandel gooseberry .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
- noun The fruit of carambola tree, more commonly known as
star fruit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
- noun deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Native to Southeast Asia, the carambola is now cultivated in Mexico, where it can be found in gourmet produce sections and some markets.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Native to Southeast Asia, the carambola is now cultivated in Mexico, where it can be found in gourmet produce sections and some markets.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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In the mouth a "pulse" of creamy mildly bittersweet slightly underripe fruit (citrus and juicy starfruit aka carambola) and some foilage.
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The game's goal is to use one ball to hit the other two in a single shot, this is called "carambola" in spanish.
Mac Game Files 2009
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In the street markets the aroma of mangos and star-shaped carambola fruit jostles with the pungent smell of fresh seafood.
Rio de Janeiro 2012
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This is a modified billiards table, covered with green baize, as is normal, but oval rather than rectangular and without pockets — a feature of carambola, where players score points by "caroming" their cue ball off the opponent's cue and object balls on a single shot.
Orozco Proves That Size Isn't Everything Paul Levy 2011
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The original recipe calls for chopped star fruit (carambola) on top of it, but since I had none and I had some mango waiting to be used, I served it with mango and a squirt of lime juice, since I think star fruit is more tart than mango.
Archive 2008-06-01 Laura 2008
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Roselle makes an excellent tea, and she sneaks carambola into pies and upside-down cakes.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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The original recipe calls for chopped star fruit (carambola) on top of it, but since I had none and I had some mango waiting to be used, I served it with mango and a squirt of lime juice, since I think star fruit is more tart than mango.
Indian Vegetable Curry with Coconut Milk and Yogurt Laura 2008
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Now I'm going to go drink a beer, eat some carambola, and get my words for today ...
once that you've decided on a killing, first you make a stone of your heart matociquala 2007
frangarnes commented on the word carambola
Casualidad favorable; doble resultado que se alcanza mediante una sola acción; enredo, embuste o trampa para alucinar y burlar a alguien
October 22, 2007