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satsuma-imo

satsuma-imo is the alternative form of satsumaimo.

Meaning of satsumaimo

Noun

satsumaimo (countable and uncountable, plural satsumaimos or satsumaimo)

  1. A Japanese form of sweet potato.
    • She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with...2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Noun capitalized: Satsuma-imo

Satsuma-imo (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of satsumaimo.
    • Satsuma-imo came to be generally cultivated in the country about two hundred years ago, entirely through the efforts of Aoki Konyo, scholar and student of Dutch culture. […] Konyo’s foresight in encouraging the growing of Satsuma-imo was deeply appreciated by farmers and others as the crop saved...1960, Mock Joya, “Satsuma-Imo”, in Quaint Customs and Manners of Japan, volume IV, Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, →OCLC, chapter IV (Food, Drinking and Smoking), page 160
    • In those days, crop failures and famines were common, and the Satsuma-imo, as it was called, fed millions through harsh times, including World War II, saving many thousands from starvation. […] Here in the U.S., Satsuma-imo grows in every state in the lower 48, but in the northern climates you will...2023 February 22, Ari Levaux, “Flash in the pan: Japanese sweet potato”, in Billings Gazette, volume 137, number 293, Billings, Mont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B7, column 4

Forms of satsuma-imo

pluralsatsuma-imo

Questions about satsuma-imo

What is satsuma-imo the alternative form of?
Satsuma-imo is the alternative form of satsumaimo.
What part of speech is satsuma-imo?
Satsuma-imo is a noun.
What is the plural of satsuma-imo?
The plural of satsuma-imo is satsuma-imo.

Words near satsuma-imo in the dictionary

  1. satsuma imo
  2. satsuma imos
  3. Satsuma plum
  4. Satsuma plums
  5. Satsuma ware
  6. satsuma-imo
  7. satsumaimo
  8. satsumaimos
  9. satsumas
  10. satta matka
  11. Sattagydia

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