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wapato (iou)



wapato noun. . Pl. -os. E19.
[Chinook Jargon wappatoo from Cree wapatowa lit. 'white mushroom'.]
The tubers of either of two N. American kinds of arrowhead, Sagittaria cuneata and S. latifolia, formerly used as food by N. American Indians; either of the plants from which these are obtained.