tuckahoe
/ˈtʌkəhəʊ/noun
mass noun
1- a root or other underground plant part formerly eaten by North American Indians, in particular茯苓, 尤指：
1.1
- the starchy rhizome of an arum that grows chiefly in marshland (Peltandra virginica, family Araceae).主要长在沼泽地的弗吉尼亚楯蕊芋（拉丁名Peltandra virginica,天南星科）植物淀粉根茎。
1.2
- the underground sclerotium of a bracket fungus (Poria cocos, class Hymenomycetes).茯苓（拉丁名Poria cocos,层菌纲）的地下菌核。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian tockawhoughe.