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☆ tucka·hoe (tuk′ə hō′)

noun

  1. Historical any of various roots and tubers, as of arum species, used as food by Algonquian peoples of Virginia
  2. a brown, massive, underground, basidiomycetous fungus (Poria cocos) producing an edible, carbohydrate substance

Etymology: Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe, type of arum root

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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