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tuckahoe (iou)



tuckahoe noun. US. E17.
[Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe.]
Any of various roots and other underground plant parts formerly eaten by N. American Indians, esp. in Virginia; esp. (a) the starchy rhizome of the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica; (b) the sclerotium of a bracket-fungus, Poria cocos. E17.
(Tuckahoe.) A native or inhabitant of the lowlands of Virginia. local. E19.