tuckahoe
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tuck·a·hoe
(tŭk′ə-hō′)n.
1. Any of various plants or plant parts used by certain Native American peoples as food, especially the edible root of certain arums or the sclerotium of certain fungi.
2. See arrow arum.
[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]
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tuckahoe
(ˈtʌkəˌhəʊ)n
(Botany) US a type of edible fungus that grows as a large underground sclerotium
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tuck•a•hoe
(ˈtʌk əˌhoʊ)n.
the edible underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern U.S.
[1612; < Virginia Algonquian, tockawhoughe a plant root used for bread]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() arrow arum - an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America |
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