Satsuma-imo
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of satsumaimo. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"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 them many times from famine. […] Satsuma-imo is cooked in many ways as a vegetable."
- 2 Alternative form of satsumaimo. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Even among the lower orders, the vendors of satsuma-imo (sweet potatoes) and the hercules of the arena, the labourers or the dwellers by the riverside, is exhibited a highly-developed poetic instinct."
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More examples"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 them many times from famine. […] Satsuma-imo is cooked in many ways as a vegetable."
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