tuckahoe (English, noun)
expansion: tuckahoe (countable and uncountable, plural tuckahoes)
Senses:
glosses: Any edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
tags: US
Virginia
countable
dialectal
obsolete
uncommon
uncountable
glosses: The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: tuckahoes
tags: plural
form: tockwough
tags: alternative