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单词 tuckahoe
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tuck•a•hoe  (tukə hō′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fungi, Plant BiologyAlso called Indian bread. the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern United States.
  2. Plant BiologySee arrow arum. 
  3. (usually cap.) a Virginian, esp. one inhabiting the lowland E of the Blue Ridge.
  • Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) tockwhogh, tockawhoughe, taccaho arrow arum root (used for bread), derivative of Proto-Algonquian *takwah- to pound (it) fine, reduce (it) to flour; compare Shawnee takhwa bread
  • earlier applied to various roots and underground fungi 1605–15, American.

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