Meanings
nounstar fruit (plural star fruits)
plural star fruits · alternative starfruit
- A plant of the species Damasonium alisma.
- The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
Synonyms: carambola, Chinese gooseberry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
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More synonyms by meaning
noundeeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
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Broader
edible fruit
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic فَاكِهَةْ اَلنَّجْمَة, قُلُنْبَاقْ
- فَاكِهَةْ اَلنَّجْمَة (fākihat an-najma)fruit
- قُلُنْبَاقْ (qulunbāq)fruit
- كَرَمْبُولَا (karambūlā)fruit
Bengali কামরাঙ্গা
- কামরাঙ্গা (kamraṅga)fruit
Catalan carambola
- carambolafruit
Chinese Cantonese 楊桃 /杨桃
- 楊桃 /杨桃fruit
Chinese Mandarin 楊桃 /杨桃, 五斂子 /五敛子
- 楊桃 /杨桃 (yángtáo)fruit
- 五斂子 /五敛子 (wǔliǎnzǐ)fruit
- 銚芅 /铫芅 (yáoyì)fruit
- 鬼桃 (guǐtáo)fruit
Czech karambola
- karambolafruit
Danish karambol
- karambolfruit
Dutch carambola
- carambolafruit
Esperanto karambolfrukto, stelofrukto
- karambolfruktofruit
- stelofruktofruit
Finnish tähtihedelmä, karambola
- tähtihedelmäfruit
- karambolafruit
French carambole, pomme de Goa
- carambolefruit
- pomme de Goafruit
- groseille de Coromandelfruit
- cinq doigtsfruit
German Sternfrucht, Karambola
- Sternfruchtfruit
- Karambolafruit
Greek καραμπόλα
- καραμπόλα (karampóla)fruit
Hawaiian hua hōkū
- hua hōkūfruit
Hebrew קְרַמְבּוֹלָה
- קְרַמְבּוֹלָה (karámbola)fruit
Hindi कमरख
- कमरख (kamrakh)fruit
Hungarian csillaggyümölcs
- csillaggyümölcsfruit
Icelandic stjörnuávöxtur
- stjörnuávöxturfruit
Indonesian belimbing
- belimbingfruit
Italian carambola
- carambolafruit
Japanese スターフルーツ
- スターフルーツ (sutā-furūtsu)fruit
Korean 카람볼라
- 카람볼라 (karambolla)fruit
Malay belimbing besi
- belimbing besifruit
Norwegian stjernefrukt
- stjernefruktfruit
Persian اختری
- اختری (axtari)fruit
Polish karambola, gwiaździsty owoc
- karambolafruit
- gwiaździsty owocfruit
Portuguese carambola
- carambolafruit
Romanian carambola
- carambolafruit
Russian карамбо́ла
- карамбо́ла (karambóla)fruit
Spanish carambola, fruta de estrella
- carambolafruit
- fruta de estrellafruit
- asterisafruit
Swedish carambola, stjärnfrukt
- carambolafruit
- stjärnfruktfruit
Tagalog balimbing, karambola
- balimbingfruit
- karambolafruit
Thai มะเฟือง
- มะเฟือง (má-fʉʉang)fruit
Turkish yıldız meyvesi, karambola
- yıldız meyvesifruit
- karambolafruit
Ukrainian карамбо́ла
- карамбо́ла (karambóla)fruit
Vietnamese khế
- khếfruit
Yiddish שטערנפֿרוכט
- שטערנפֿרוכט (shternfrukht)fruit
Cite this entry
APA
star fruit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20fruit
MLA
“star fruit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20fruit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “star fruit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20fruit.
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