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star-gooseberry

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fruit of a moderate-sized tree, Phyllanthus (Cicca) distichus, native in Java and Madagascar, and cultivated throughout India. It is a globose drupe, three- to five-lobed, acid, and eaten raw, cooked, or pickled.

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