Satsumaimo

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Japanese form of sweet potato. countable, uncountable

    "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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japanese sweet potato

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 薩(さつ)摩(ま)芋(いも) (Satsuma imo, literally “Satsuma potato”).

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