blimbing

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A form of bilimbi — A tree, Averrhoa bilimbi, related to the carambola.

OriginMalay belimbing →
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Meanings

nounblimbing (plural blimbings)

plural blimbings

  1. archaicArchaic form of bilimbi.

    The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 116

Origin

  1. Malaybelimbing“star fruit”
  2. Englishblimbing

From Malay belimbing (“star fruit”).

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APA

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“blimbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blimbing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blimbing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blimbing.

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