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Perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
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tuckahoe
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WordNet
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n. perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries [syn: green arrow arum , Peltandra virginica ]
Wikipedia
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Tuckahoe , also known as the '''Leach Mansion ''' or as the Mansion at Tuckahoe , is an historic home located at 1921 North East Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach , Martin County, Florida . The name was thought to be a Native American word for "welcome". ...
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 6211 Housing Units (2000): 2729 Land area (2000): 0.609590 sq. miles (1.578831 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.609590 sq. miles (1.578831 sq. km) FIPS code: 75583 Located within: New ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
edible plant root of eastern U.S., 1610s, American English, from Powhatan (Algonquian) tockawhouge (compare Mohegan tquogh , Shawnee tukwhah ), perhaps related to Cree (Algonquian) pitikwaw "made round." From early 19c. a name applied in Virginia to those ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tuckahoe \Tuck"a*hoe\, n. [North American Indian, bread.] (Bot.) 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 ...
Usage examples of tuckahoe.
How she acquired this knowledge, I know not, for Tuckahoe is the last place in the world where she would be apt to find facilities for learning.
Though Tuckahoe had but few of the good things of life, yet of such as it did possess grandmother got a full share, in the way of presents.
Releasing dear grandmamma from carrying me, did not make me altogether independent of her, when we happened to pass through portions of the somber woods which lay between Tuckahoe and Wye river.
They had – most of them – lived on my old master’s farm in Tuckahoe, and had felt the reign of Mr.