carambola Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
    Averrhoa carambola; carambola tree.
  2. noun deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
    star fruit.

WordNet

Ca`ram*bo"la noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.

Webster 1913