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sat·su·ma
(săt-so͞o′mə, sä-tso͞o′mä, sä′tso͞o-mä′)n.
1. A seedless mandarin orange originally cultivated in Japan.
2. Satsuma A Japanese porcelain.
[After Satsuma, a peninsula of southwest Kyushu, Japan.]
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Satsuma
(ˈsætsʊˌmɑː)n
(Placename) a former province of SW Japan, on S Kyushu: famous for its porcelain
satsuma
(sætˈsuːmə)n
1. (Plants) a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit
2. (Plants) the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments
[C19: originally from the province of Satsuma, Japan]
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Sat•su•ma
(sætˈsu mə, ˈsæt sə mə)n.
a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.
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| Noun | 1. |  satsuma - a variety of mandarin orange satsuma - medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia |
| 2. | satsuma - medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin mandarin orange, mandarin - a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China satsuma, satsuma tree - a variety of mandarin orange |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[sætˈsuːmə] n (= fruit) → satsuma fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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n → Satsuma f
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[ˌsætˈsuːmə] n → satsuma tipo di mandarinoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995