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TUCKAHOE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tuckahoe mean?
• TUCKAHOE (noun)
The noun TUCKAHOE has 1 sense:
1. perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
Familiarity information: TUCKAHOE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
green arrow arum; Peltandra virginica; tuckahoe
Hypernyms ("tuckahoe" is a kind of...):
arrow arum (an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America)
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