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tuckahoe

tuck·a·hoe [ túkə h ] (plural tuck·a·hoes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. plant with edible root: a plant of the arum family with arrow-shaped leaves and edible roots. Use: formerly, as food by Native North Americans.

2. edible fungus: a large edible fungus that grows underground on the roots of trees. Native to: southern United States.  Latin name Poria cocos.

[Early 17th century. < Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe]
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