tuckahoe

[ tuhk-uh-hoh ]

/ ˈtʌk əˌhoʊ /

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noun

Also called Indian bread. the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern United States.

arrow arum.

(usually initial capital letter) a Virginian, especially one inhabiting the lowland east of the Blue Ridge.

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Origin of tuckahoe

First recorded in 1605–15, Americanism; earlier applied to various roots and underground fungi, from Virginia Algonquian (English spelling) tockwhogh, tockawhoughe, taccaho “arrow arum root” (used for bread), derivative of Proto-Algonquian takwah- “to pound (it) fine, reduce (it) to flour” (unattested); compare Shawnee takhwa “bread”

Words nearby tuckahoe

TUC, Tucana, Tuchman, tuchun, tuck, tuckahoe, tuck away, tuckaway table, tucker, tucker-bag, tucker-box

How to use tuckahoe in a sentence

"I spent a few days at Colonel Randolph's, at Tuckahoe, at whose house the usual hospitality of the country prevailed," he wrote.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
The only massacre in Tuckahoe ever committed by the savages took place in the summer of 1778.
History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley|U. J. (Uriah James) Jones
Tuckahoe, a flag-like swamp plant, with an enormous root system, was their favorite hot weather forage.
Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699|Lyman Carrier
I pray you to present me affectionately to your family and that of Tuckahoe.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

She was a woman of a hateful disposition, and treated the little stranger from Tuckahoe with extreme harshness.
Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6)|Various