tuckamoren.
/ˈtʌkəmɔː/, U.S. /ˈtəkəˌmɔr/, Canadian English /ˈtʌkəˌmɔr/ Canadian.
A small, stunted evergreen tree with gnarled, spreading roots, which forms closely matted ground-cover in barren areas ( Dict. Newfoundland Eng.); a tucking-bush. Also, such bushes collectively; gen., any low clump of trees or other vegetation.
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1863 J. Moreton Life & Work in Newfoundland 31 Tucken-mores. Small low-grown shrubs and creeping plants.
1868 J. P. Howley in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 586/2 The country is nearly level with scarcely any woods except occasional patches of tucking bushes (Tuckamores).
1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor 229 He repeatedly fell through between logs and tree-trunks and ‘tuckamore’.
1970 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 21 May 3/1 We proceeded as usual to the Witless Bay Line..and from thence some 13 miles on foot in over the tuckamores.
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