what does this word mean?
A yellow-to-orange, tropical Asian fruit.
Carom billiards
 Some etymologists have suggested that "carambola", in turn, was derived from a yellow-to-orange, tropical Asian fruit also known in Portuguese as a "carambola" 
who is masako katsura? A Japanese carom billiards player. where was he born? Japan did she move to any other country? Yes,  U.S. whom did she marry? Vernon Greenleaf can you name any game or tournament that she won? In the first match of 1953 World Three-Cushion tournament she defeated Lundberg 50–44. where did the name of the game that she played originate from? It has been pegged variously as a shortening of the Spanish and Portuguese word "carambola".
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Carom billiards [SEP] Etymology
The word "carom", which simply means any strike and rebound, was in use in reference to billiards by at least 1779, sometimes spelled "carrom". Sources differ on the origin. It has been pegged variously as a shortening of the Spanish and Portuguese word "carambola", or the French word "carambole", which are used to describe the red object ball. Some etymologists have suggested that "carambola", in turn, was derived from a yellow-to-orange, tropical Asian fruit also known in Portuguese as a "carambola" (which was a corruption of the original name of the fruit, "karambal" in the Marathi language of India), also known as star fruit.