carambola

Thân thiện

A chef slices a fresh carambola for a fruit salad.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A tropical fruit: A deeply ridged, yellow-brown tropical fruit. It is used raw as a vegetable or in salads when unripe, and as a dessert when fully ripe.
   • A tropical tree: An East Indian tree (Averrhoa carambola) that bears this fruit.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Fruit): The salad was garnished with slices of fresh carambola.When ripe, the carambola has a sweet, slightly tart flavor.

• Noun (Tree): The carambola in our garden produced a large harvest this year.

Advanced Usage

• As a botanical term: In botanical contexts, "carambola" precisely refers to the species . , commonly known as carambola.*

Variants and Related Words

• Star fruit: This is the common English name for the carambola fruit, derived from its distinctive star shape when sliced crosswise.

Synonyms

• Star fruit: The most common synonym for the fruit.
• Bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi): A related species producing a similar, but more acidic, fruit. Note: This is a related term, not a direct synonym.

Notes on Different Meanings

The word "carambola" has two primary, closely related meanings: 1. The fruit itself. 2. The tree that produces the fruit. The context of the sentence usually makes it clear which is being referred to.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• star fruit
• carambola tree
• Averrhoa carambola