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Definition of Satsuma

1. Noun. A variety of mandarin orange.

2. Noun. Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin.

Definition of Satsuma

1. Noun. A seedless and easy-peeling cultivar of mandarin orange of Japanese origin; ''Citrus unshiu''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Satsuma

1. a variety of orange [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Satsuma

satrap satrapal satrapate satrapess satrapesses satrapial satrapian satrapic satrapical satrapies

satraplatin satraps satrapy sats satsivi satsuma (current term) satsuma tree satsumas satsumaware satterlyite

sattest satumomab saturabilities saturability saturable saturable reactor saturable reactors saturant saturants saturate

Literary usage of Satsuma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"satsuma, so often mentioned in the historical portion of this work, and the name of which is so specially current in Europe with all collectors of ceramic ..."

2. The Making of Modern Japan: An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre by John Harington Gubbins (1922)
"Though in satsuma the rivalry of individual leaders had stopped short of open hostilities, ... But in satsuma the division of feeling remained unaltered, ..."

3. The Making of Modern Japan: An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre by John Harington Gubbins (1922)
"Though in satsuma the rivalry of individual leaders had stopped short of open hostilities, ... But in satsuma the division of feeling remained unaltered, ..."

4. Conscription System in Japan by Gōtarō Ogawa (1921)
"Let us now proceed to the period from the satsuma Rebellion to the Sino- J ... The satsuma War was an epoch-making event in the history of the Empire. ..."

5. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"(6) satsuma-WARE, a beautifully decorated crackled ware, remarkable for its soft mellow tint and its rich gold and enamel ornamentations, known to most ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The fief of the daimio of satsuma comprised Sat- suma proper, Osumi, ... The satsuma clan has long been preeminent for the ability of its leaders, ..."

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