sudachi

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noun

A small, sour, green citrus fruit, Citrus sudachi, native to Japan.

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Meanings

nounsudachi (plural sudachi)
  1. A small, sour, green citrus fruit, Citrus sudachi, native to Japan.

    I had a great, silly time filling my mouth with a spoonful of frozen foie gras pellets and preserved lemon, and I fell into a minor trance drinking matsutake mushroom broth perked up with a squeeze of limelike sudachi.

    2015 October 27, Pete Wells, “O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay”, in New York Times

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 酢橘 (sudachi).

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APA

sudachi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudachi

MLA

“sudachi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudachi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sudachi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sudachi.

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