TUCKAHOE

Meaning of TUCKAHOE in English

noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe Date: 1612 either of two arums ( Peltandra virginica and Orontium aquaticum ) of the United States with rootstocks used as food by American Indians, the large edible sclerotium of a subterranean fungus ( Poria cocos )

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TUCKAHOE — ˈtəkəˌhō noun ( -s ) Etymology: tockawhoughe, literally, it is round (in some Algonquian language of Virginia) 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUCKAHOE — (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining …
Английский словарь Webster
TUCKAHOE — ( n. ) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCKAHOE — /tuk"euh hoh'/ , n. 1. Also called Indian bread . the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCKAHOE — noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe Date: 1612 1. : either of two arums ( Peltandra virginica and Orontium aquaticum ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUCKAHOE — noun a curious vegetable production of the southern atlantic united states, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining …
Webster English vocab
TUCKAHOE — [tuck.a.hoe] n [Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe] (1612) 1: either of two arums (Peltandra virginica and Orontium aquaticum) of the U.S. with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUCKAHOE — tuckahoe BrE AmE ˈtʌk ə həʊ AmE \ -hoʊ ▷ tuckahoe|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TUCKAHOE — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Virginia (VA) Total Population (2000): 43242 Total Housing Units (2000): 18647 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
TUCKAHOE — Classification: Village Located in: New York (NY) Total Population (2000): 6211 Total Housing Units (2000): 2729 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
TUCKAHOE — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: New York (NY) Total Population (2000): 1741 Total Housing Units (2000): 1092 Land …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
TUCKAHOE — n. Virginian truffle, Indian bread, Indian loaf.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TUCKAHOE — Pronunciation: ' t ə -k ə - ˌ h ō Function: noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe Date: 1612 1 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
10707 — State: NEW YORK City: TUCKAHOE
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DOUGLASS, FREDERICK — orig. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey born February 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S. died Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C. U.S. abolitionist. The …
Английский словарь Британика
INDIAN BREAD — noun see tuckahoe
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUCKET — I. ˈtəkə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from tuck (III) (influenced in meaning by obsolete English tuk to beat …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PORIA — ˈpōrēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin porus pore + New Latin -ia : a genus of pore …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDIAN BREAD — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2 1. : corn bread 2. : tuckahoe 2
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE FUNGUS — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium. Also called fungus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDIAN BREAD — 1. See corn bread . 2. tuckahoe (def. 1). [ 1645-55, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARROW ARUM — a North American plant, Peltandra virginica, of wet areas, having large, arrow-shaped leaves and inconspicuous flowers enclosed in a narrow, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TALBOT — county, east-central Maryland, U.S. It adjoins Chesapeake Bay to the west, the Choptank River to the south and southeast, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUEEN ANNE'S — county, eastern Maryland, U.S., bordered by the Chester River to the north, Delaware to the east, and Chesapeake Bay to …
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EASTCHESTER — town (township), Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S., between Yonkers to the west and New Rochelle to the east. Its …
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DOUGLASS, FREDERICK — born Feb. 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S. died Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C. Frederick Douglass. original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey …
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CUMBERLAND — city, seat (1789) of Allegany county, northwestern Maryland, U.S. It lies in a bowl-shaped valley in the narrow panhandle region …
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CAROLINE — county, eastern Maryland, U.S., lying between the Choptank River and Tuckahoe Creek to the west and Delaware to the east. …
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CAPE MAY — county, extreme southern New Jersey, U.S. It consists of a low-lying peninsula bordered by Delaware Bay and West Creek to …
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ATLANTIC — county, southeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Mullica River and Great Bay to …
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ALLEN, ELIZABETH ANNE CHASE AKERS — born Oct. 9, 1832, Strong, Maine, U.S. died Aug. 7, 1911, Tuckahoe, N.Y. ne Elizabeth Anne Chase American journalist and …
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DOUGLASS, FREDERICK — orig. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey born February 1818?, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S. died Feb. 20, 1895, Washington, D.C. U.S. abolitionist. The …
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