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Added 10 October 2026

satsuma

/sætˈsuː.mə/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about satsuma at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A variety of mandarin orange.
Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin.

Origin

After a Japanese place name in Kyūshū, 薩摩 (さつま, Satsuma), from where it was first exported to the west.

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