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Definition of Tuckahoe
1. Noun. Perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries.
Definition of Tuckahoe
1. n. A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf.
Definition of Tuckahoe
1. Noun. A kind of edible root used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuckahoe
1. the edible root of certain arums [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tuckahoe
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuckahoe
Literary usage of Tuckahoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past (2007)
"lies on the south bank of tuckahoe River. A white PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ...
Nearly two centuries ago tuckahoe was an important seaport, with busy shipyards. ..."
2. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"tuckahoe DISTRICT. Historical note.—This bulletin was planned to describe only
the red iron ores of East Tennessee, and no work was done by the writer on ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"It has been suggested by Berkeley and others that the tuckahoe is a secondary
... The name tuckahoe is said to have been applied by the Indians to several ..."
4. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1903)
"Until July, 1902, there had been very little dysentery in tuckahoe (a town of
some 3000 inhabitants), but during July, August and September of that year ..."
5. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1915)
"He settled at "tuckahoe/' in Goochland county set off from Henrico in ...
Randolph, William, son of Thomas Randolph, of "tuckahoe," was born in 1712, ..."
6. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... the Father-in-law of Colonel Jefferson—Colonel Jefferson's first Civil
Offices—Birth of Thomas Jefferson—Colonel Jefferson's Removal to tuckahoe—Assists ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... appear in the Suffragette play ' How the Vote Was Won,' first as a benefit
for the Illinois Equal Suffrage League.—Id., March 31. Cohee. See tuckahoe. ..."
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