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.]