tuckahoe

n. 茯苓

发音

UK /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/

词形变化

tuckahoes 复数 tuckahoes

别名

Tuckahoe tockwough

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.

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  2. 2.

    A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

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    […] 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, […]

  3. 3.

    The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.

    茯苓

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  4. 4.

    The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.

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词源

From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root.

来源：wiktionary