" carambola "

[Noun]  | "car*am*bo*la" | \ ˌker-əm-ˈbō-lə \

1: a 5-angled green to yellow tropical fruit of star-shaped cross section —called also star fruit

2: a tropical tree (Averrhoa carambola) of the wood-sorrel family that is native to southeastern Asia and is widely cultivated for carambolas

Origin: 1598 ;

 Borrowed from Portuguese, probably borrowed from a Konkani equivalent of Marathi karambala, going back to a derivative of Sanskrit karmara- "the fruit or tree Averrhoa carambola" (as karmaraṅga- or karmaphala- —with phalaṃ "fruit"), of uncertain origin;

  * Note : The Marathi word is recorded in J. T. Molesworth's A Dictionary, Marathi and English (Bombay, 1857), along with the variants kamarakha, karamara, karamaḷa.;