tuckahoe
Noun
Meaning
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.
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Kay was born in County Kildare, Ireland and immigrated to Tuckahoe, N.Y. as a young girl, where she lived until she was 75. She then moved to Albany and resided for the last four years at Shaker Pointe in Watervliet.
The family soon relocated to suburban Tuckahoe, New York.
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.