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tuckahoe

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuckahoe  \Tuck"a*hoe\,  n.  [North  American  Indian,  bread.]  (Bot.) 
  A  curious  vegetable  production  of  the  Southern  Atlantic 
  United  States,  growing  under  ground  like  a  truffle  and  often 
  attaining  immense  size.  The  real  nature  is  unknown.  Called 
  also  {Indian  bread},  and  {Indian  loaf}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tuckahoe 
  n  :  perennial  herb  of  the  eastern  United  States  having 
  arrowhead-shaped  leaves  and  an  elongate  pointed  spathe 
  and  green  berries  [syn:  {green  arrow  arum},  {Peltandra 
  virginica}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Tuckahoe,  NY  (village,  FIPS  75583) 
  Location:  40.95270  N,  73.82320  W 
  Population  (1990):  6302  (2739  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  10707 
  Tuckahoe,  VA  (CDP,  FIPS  79560) 
  Location:  37.58703  N,  77.58702  W 
  Population  (1990):  42629  (18183  housing  units) 
  Area:  53.3  sq  km  (land),  2.7  sq  km  (water)




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