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Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe meaning

The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia. | A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. | The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.

Example sentences (7)

Accessibility was a priority emphasized by the school community members who participated in the design workshop held by Moseley Architects and Henrico Schools this past spring, according to school board vice-chair and Tuckahoe representative Marcie Shea.

Bert filled out the stat sheet against Tuckahoe with 16 digs, eight kills and six aces.

Neither of the Henrico properties is in the Tuckahoe District; both are in the Three Chopt District.

Frederick Douglass was born along a horseshoe bend in the Tuckahoe River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818.

More affluent areas include Glen Allen, Tuckahoe, and Short Pump, which can all be found north and northwest of the city.

Peter Jefferson moved his family to Tuckahoe Plantation in 1745 upon the death of a friend who had named him guardian of his children.

The rugged nature of the country made slavery unprofitable, and time only increased the social, political, economic, and cultural differences (see Tuckahoe-Cohee ) between the two sections of Virginia.