star fruit

noun

: carambola sense 1

Examples of star fruit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most exciting for him this year is the first appearance of star fruit. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Strawberries are the star fruit Strawberries appear in more new food dishes than any other fruit. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

On the 2-acre lot are a patio with a pizza oven, a guesthouse, a flex building, a koi pond, and lemon, papaya, and star fruit trees. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 9 Mar. 2026

On the other side was a small driveway bursting with star fruit and hibiscus flowers. — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for star fruit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute

Kids Definition

star fruit

noun

: a green to yellow tropical Asian fruit that has the shape of a 5-pointed star when cut across the middle

called also carambola