noun
satsuma
sat-SOO-muh
noun
1
A small, sweet, seedless citrus fruit related to the mandarin orange, easy to peel by hand.
"She packed a satsuma in her son's lunchbox."
"Satsumas are in season around the winter holidays."
How to Use Satsuma
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small, easy-peel orange, closely related to the mandarin and tangerine.
Common mistake
Satsumas, tangerines, and mandarins are all closely related and often confused — satsumas are typically seedless and looser-skinned than tangerines.
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Word Forms
satsumas plural
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Etymology
Named after Satsuma, an old province in southern Japan, from where the fruit was first exported to the West.