carambola

• “Native to Southeast Asia, the carambola is now cultivated in Mexico, where it can be found in gourmet produce sections and some markets.”

  Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit

• “In the mouth a "pulse" of creamy mildly bittersweet slightly underripe fruit (citrus and juicy starfruit aka carambola) and some foilage.”

  CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes)

• “The game's goal is to use one ball to hit the other two in a single shot, this is called "carambola" in spanish.”

  Mac Game Files

• “In the street markets the aroma of mangos and star-shaped carambola fruit jostles with the pungent smell of fresh seafood.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rio de Janeiro

• “This is a modified billiards table, covered with green baize, as is normal, but oval rather than rectangular and without pockets — a feature of carambola, where players score points by "caroming" their cue ball off the opponent's cue and object balls on a single shot.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Orozco Proves That Size Isn't Everything

• “The original recipe calls for chopped star fruit (carambola) on top of it, but since I had none and I had some mango waiting to be used, I served it with mango and a squirt of lime juice, since I think star fruit is more tart than mango.”

  Indian Vegetable Curry with Coconut Milk and Yogurt

• “Roselle makes an excellent tea, and she sneaks carambola into pies and upside-down cakes.”

  Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

• “Now I'm going to go drink a beer, eat some carambola, and get my words for today ...”

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• “Picnics are a feast of cured-ham sandwiches, brownies and fresh-squeezed carambola juice.”

  Newsweek: Hot Spot

• “Star Fruit Star fruit or carambola come from the small Southeast Asian tree Aver-rhoa carambola, a member of the wood sorrel Oxalis family.”

  Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

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