An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CARAMBOLA
carambola, star fruit
(noun) deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
carambola, carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola
(noun) East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Presumably from Marathi karambal, via Portuguese.
Noun
carambola (plural carambolas)
A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca`ram*bo"la, n. (Bot.)
Definition: An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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