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tuckahoe.

The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtʌkəhəʊ/UK
  1. The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

    US · Virginia · countable · dialectal · obsolete · uncommon · uncountable
  3. The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root.

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