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tuckahoe

tuckahoe

1 9.9
A plant that grows every year in wet places in the eastern United States with arrow-shaped leaves and green berries
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌkəˌhoʊ/
  • Specialized
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  • "Well, there is no gas in Eastchester and Tuckahoe.

Examples

  • Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same; I receive them the same.

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  • My old nurse at Tuckahoe had all kinds of roots and herbs for the mumps and the whooping cough and every sort of ache and pain.

    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

  • The gardener planted several tuckahoe to enhance the variety of herbs in her garden.

  • In the wetlands, tuckahoe thrives alongside other native plants, providing habitat for local wildlife.

  • The herbalist recommended tuckahoe for its medicinal properties used by indigenous cultures.

Synonyms

green arrow arum
vstuckahoe
  • US
9.5

A plant that lives for many years with arrowhead leaves, a long pointed flower cover, and green berries

is an alternative regional name for the same plant
Peltandra virginica
vstuckahoe
  • Specialized
9.9

A wetland plant with arrow-shaped leaves, a long pointed flower cover, and green berries

is a narrower regional name limited to the eastern United States

Surface Forms

tuckahoe singular
tuckahoes plural

Etymology

Tuckahoe comes from an Algonquian Native American word for a starchy root used as 'food' or 'Indian bread'. So the wetland plant called tuckahoe is named for its edible, bread-like root that people once gathered and ate.