"tuckahoe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/ [UK] Forms: tuckahoes [plural]
Etymology: From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pim|tockawhoughe}} Powhatan tockawhoughe Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tuckahoe (countable and uncountable, plural tuckahoes)
  1. Any edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants Synonyms: wild potato, arrow arum
    Sense id: en-tuckahoe-en-noun-p~SHRGNP Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 32 17 32 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catawba translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 14 32 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 14 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 15 33 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catawba translations: 25 26 27 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 24 25 27
  2. (uncommon, US, Virginia dialect, largely obsolete) 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, uncommon, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-tuckahoe-en-noun-M6ekBt00 Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 32 17 32 19 Categories (other): American English, Virginia English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catawba translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 14 32 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 14 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 15 33 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catawba translations: 25 26 27 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 24 25 27
  3. 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 Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Fungi Translations (the sclerotium of the fungus Wolfiporia extensa): yap weye (Catawba), 茯苓 (fúlíng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-tuckahoe-en-noun-OOVf2pPa Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 32 17 32 19 Disambiguation of Fungi: 25 18 40 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catawba translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 14 32 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 14 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 15 33 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catawba translations: 25 26 27 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 24 25 27 Disambiguation of 'the sclerotium of the fungus Wolfiporia extensa': 17 8 57 18
  4. The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-tuckahoe-en-noun-WMT49nSD Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 32 17 32 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catawba translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 14 32 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 13 26 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 14 33 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 15 33 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catawba translations: 25 26 27 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 24 25 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tockwough [17th c.]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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