ˈtəkəˌhō noun
( -s )
Etymology: tockawhoughe, literally, it is round (in some Algonquian language of Virginia)
1.
a. : either of two American plants having rootstocks used as food by the Indians:
(1) : arrow arum
(2) : golden club
b. : the edible rootstock of a tuckahoe
2. : the large edible sclerotium of a subterranean fungus ( Poria cocos ) that is firm and white inside with a hard brown exterior — called also Indian bread
3. usually capitalized : virginian ; especially : a Virginian living east of the Blue Ridge mountains — used as a nickname