star fruit
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈstɑr frʌt/
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carambola
- For a refreshing summer salad, add slices of star fruit for a unique flavor and beautiful presentation.
- star fruit (carambola)
- slices of star fruit
- fresh star fruit
Examples
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Back then, she recalled, they planted pineapples, jambu (water apple), star fruit, papaya, banana, and a variety of chilies and vegetables, but copra was their main cash crop.
Academic text (2007) -
Now I go to the weekly farmers' market and buy dragon fruit, mangoes, pineapple, star fruit, and more.
Blog text (8) -
So, so star fruit comes through quite a bit for me.
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Do you want a star fruit?
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- Yeah, I'm not big on star fruit either.
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If I want star fruit, I go to Stop and Shop; if I want organic escargots, I go to Whole Foods, and I deal with what is involved in shopping at those places.
Blog text (16) -
For the fruits—the papaya, sugar apple, guava, star fruit, and even the coconut would be great for breakfast.
Blog text (26) -
She chose to make a fruit platter that included ripe star fruit as a colorful addition.
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At the market, I found star fruit, which is perfect for making a tropical smoothie.
Synonyms
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9.2
A yellow tropical fruit with star-shaped slices that you eat raw
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'star fruit' is transparently compositional: combining 'star' (star-shaped) with 'fruit' yields a fruit that is star-like in appearance, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer its basic meaning. Naming foods by salient shape is cross-linguistically common, so the referent and meaning are predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Star fruit gets its name from the shape you see when you cut it across: each slice of the fruit looks like a little star. That's why this yellow fruit with ridges is called star fruit and why people often eat or use its star-shaped pieces as a pretty 'garnish'.