tuckahoe (2 synonym found)

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Definition of tuckahoe:

(n) : The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
(n) : The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
(n) : The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
(n) : (uncommon, US, Virginia dialect, chiefly obsolete) A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
(n) : Alternative form of tuckahoe (“person living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains”). [The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.]
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Definition of tuckahoe:

(n) : The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
(n) : The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
(n) : The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
(n) : (uncommon, US, Virginia dialect, chiefly obsolete) A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
(n) : Alternative form of tuckahoe (“person living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains”). [The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.]

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