Definition/Meaning of tuckahoe

• English - Noun: tuckahoe ( plural tuckahoes ) Any edible root of a plant used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia . 1624 , John Smith , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, page 142: In June , July , and August , they feed upon the rootes of Tockwough berries , fish , and greene wheat . 1996 , Karen Mueller Coombs , Sarah on Her Own : The ponderous beast had spent the summer eating tuckahoe roots ,…
• English - Alternative forms: tockwough [17th c .]
• English - Etymology: From Powhatan tockawhoughe . The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/