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cam·pim·e·ter
n : an instrument for testing indirect or peripheral visual perception of form and color cam*pim*e*try n pl -tries
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camp·to·cor·mia
n : an hysterical condition marked by forward bending of the trunk and sometimes accompanied by lumbar pain .
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canicular adj. 5ME caniculer < L canicularis < prec.6 1 a) of the Dog Star b) measured by its rising 2 of the dog days in July and August: see DOG DAYS
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recite with musical tones, as in synagogue or highly liturgical churches.
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caoutchouc n. 5Fr < obs. Sp cauchuc < Quechua6 rubber; esp. India rubber, or crude, natural rubber, obtained from latex
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A bullfighter's aide who uses a cape to excite or distract the bull.
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apsicum n. 5ModL < L capsa, a box (see CASE2), from the shape of the seedpods6 1 any of a genus (Capsicum) of pepper plants of the nightshade family, with fleshy, usually red pods, including the hot peppers (Tabasco, bird, chili, cayenne) and the sweet peppers (bell) 2 these pods variously prepared as condiments or, in medicine, as a gastric stimulant
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Carambola (Averrhoa carambola)
Comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Has five corners and is described as star-shaped, and commonly called the Star Fruit.
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carina n., pl. 3nas or 3nae 73nc8 5ModL < L, keel: see CAREEN6 Biol. a structure or part resembling a keel or ridge, as the projection on the breastbone of a bird ca[ri4nal adj.
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caritative - disposed to be charitable
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. caroche
SYLLABICATION: ca·roche PRONUNCIATION: k-rch, -rsh NOUN: A stately carriage of the late 16th and 17th centuries. ETYMOLOGY: Obsolete French carroche, from Old Italian carrozza, ultimately from carro, cart, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon. See kers- in Appendix I.
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carrefour 5altered (infl. by Fr) < LME quarefour < MFr quarrefour < VL *quadrifurcum, orig. neut. of *quadrifurcus, lit., four-forked, hence, where four roads meet < L quadri3 (see QUADRI3) + furca, FORK6 1 a crossroads or intersection 2 a public square or plaza
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I've always called them starfruit in English. I'd never heard of carambola. The Indonesian name is belimbing. They have a rather sharp, sour taste. About the only time I eat them is in rujak (fruit salad in peanut sauce).
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Isn't carambola the diminuitve of ¡Caramba!?
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