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satsuma

Other forms: satsumas

Definitions of satsuma
  1. noun
    a variety of mandarin orange
    synonyms: satsuma tree
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    type of:
    Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree
    shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
  2. noun
    medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin
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    type of:
    mandarin, mandarin orange
    a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
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