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Meaning of tuckahoe

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tuckahoe

Pronunciation:/ˈtʌkəhəʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any edible root of a plant used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.

  2. A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

  3. The sclerotium of the wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.