tuckahoe
/ˈtʌkəhəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
American usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Alternative form of tuckahoe (“person living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains”).
Example Sentences
- "In June, July, and August, they feed upon the rootes of Tockwough berries, fish, and greene wheat."
- "The ponderous beast had spent the summer eating tuckahoe roots, the autumn eating acorns and nuts, and was now as heavy as two stout men."
- "[…] at least until you either get poor Tuckahoe out of his present hobble, in furnishing so many strong suspicions against the sincerity of his former professions of patriotism, […]"
- "The poor Tuckahoe, however, when he purchased land in Washington County, or the Shenandoah, or in Rowan, seems to have left behind him, not only his worn-out fields and his tumbledown house, but his wasteful methods."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: tockawhoughe
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Obsolete
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Tuckahoe Group