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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tuck•a•hoe (tuk′ə hō′),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Plant BiologySee arrow arum.
- (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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