TUCKAHOE Definition & Meaning

tuckahoe

[ tuhk-uh-hoh ]

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

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 “b��𲹻�”

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There is another root found in Virginia called tuckahoe, and confounded with the flag-like root described above, and erroneously supposed by many to grow without stem or leaf.

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The roots of tuckahoe, often as large as a man's arm, contain a crystalline acid that burns the mouth of a human being like fire.

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Later on, the women spread a great breakfast of fish and turkey and venison, maize bread, tuckahoe and pohickory.

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While tuckahoe is not a fattening feed, hogs eating it make satisfactory gains in weight.

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