tuckahoe.
The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
Meaning & usage
The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
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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