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Noun: carambola  ,ker-um'bow-lu [N. Amer], ,ka-rum'bow-lu [Brit]
  1. East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
    - carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola
     
  2. Deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
    - star fruit

Derived forms: carambolas

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Encyclopedia: Carambola