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There is another root found in Virginia called tuckahoe, and confounded with the flag-like root described above, and erroneously supposed by many to grow without stem or leaf.

The roots of tuckahoe, often as large as a man's arm, contain a crystalline acid that burns the mouth of a human being like fire.

Later on, the women spread a great breakfast of fish and turkey and venison, maize bread, tuckahoe and pohickory.

While tuckahoe is not a fattening feed, hogs eating it make satisfactory gains in weight.