Satsuma

See also: satsuma

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Satsuma f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Camaenidae – air-breathing land snails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda – class; Heterobranchia – subclass; Stylommatophora – order; Helicoidea – superfamily; Camaenidae – family; Bradybaeninae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Satsuma japonica – type species

References

• Satsuma (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradybaeninae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Satsuma (gastropod) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Satsuma

1. (historical) A former province of Japan, now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Mobile County, Alabama, named after satsuma oranges grown there.
   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida.
   3. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, renamed from Stafford (for post office reasons) for a satsuma orchard.
   4. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, named for planned satsuma groves.

      Synonym: Ashford

Derived terms

• Satsuma ware