Satsuma

[ sat-soo-muh, sat-suh-muhJapanese sah-tsoo-mah ]

noun

1. a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.
2. (lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange.

Satsuma

¹

/ ˈsætsʊˌmɑː /

noun

1. a former province of SW Japan, on S Kyushu: famous for its porcelain

satsuma

²

/ sætˈsuːmə /

noun

1. a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit
2. the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments

Word History and Origins

Origin of Satsuma¹

C19: originally from the province of Satsuma , Japan

Example Sentences

Police in Satsuma, Alabama stopped the car and found marijuana and a loaded hangun.

From Seattle Times

Jane Hunt, Conservative MP for Loughborough in Leicestershire, had "very few" symptoms before a tumour the size of a satsuma was discovered during a colonoscopy in July.

From BBC

The satsuma or tangerine peels don’t have to be done this way.

From Salon

Choose an extra sweet variety of orange citrus, like a satsuma or other small mandarin, to really punch up the orange flavor in this pie and don’t hold back on the zest either . . . or the nutmeg for that matter.

From Salon

For reference, I generally use the majority of zest scraped from one whole satsuma, which is about the size of a tangerine.

From Salon