satsuma
satsuma Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small, sweet, mostly seedless citrus fruit belonging to the mandarin orange family, originally cultivated in Japan and characterized by its loose, easily peelable skin.
"I packed a satsuma in my daughter's lunchbox because it is a healthy snack that she can easily peel herself."
A type of Japanese pottery characterized by a crackled yellowish glaze and ornate, often polychrome and gold painted decoration, historically produced in the Satsuma province.
"The museum's Asian art collection features a magnificent pair of nineteenth-century satsuma vases adorned with intricate gold motifs."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Named after the former Satsuma Province in southern Japan (now part of Kagoshima Prefecture), from which both the citrus fruit and the distinctive pottery were originally exported to the West during the 19th century.