satsumaimo

See also: satsuma imo

English

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Etymology

From Japanese サツマイモ.

Noun

satsumaimo (plural satsumaimos)

  1. A Japanese form of sweet potato
    • 2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in New York Times‎:
      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 lots of garlic.

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