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
camp·to·cor·mia
n : an hysterical condition marked by forward bending of
the trunk and sometimes accompanied by lumbar pain .
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
recite with musical tones, as in synagogue or highly liturgical churches.
caoutchouc
n.
5Fr < obs. Sp cauchuc < Quechua6 rubber; esp. India rubber, or crude, natural rubber, obtained from latex
A bullfighter's aide who uses a cape to excite or distract the bull.
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
Carambola
(Averrhoa carambola)
Comes from Indonesia and
Malaysia. Has five corners and
is described as star-shaped,
and commonly called the Star
Fruit.
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.
caritative - disposed to be charitable
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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.
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
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).
Bingley
Isn't carambola the diminuitve of ˇCaramba!?