tuckahoe

noun4

1. •
   The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.

   • In June, July, and August, they feed upon the rootes of Tockwough berries, fish, and greene wheat. — 1624
2. •
   The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
3. •
   The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
4. •
   (dialect, no longer used) A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

   • […] 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, […] — 1828