Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of wapato.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon.
Examples
“In the woods on that side they found game abundant, especially elk, and with the aid of the friendly Indians who furnished salmon and "wapatoo" (the tubers of”
“He can "root" like a hog, and will often plough up acres of prairie in search of the wapatoo and Indian turnip.”
“During our trip on the river we had frequently come to the lodges of Indians who sold us dogs, dried salmon, beaver pelts, wapatoo roots - which are the ouapasippin of Mississippi - finally some Othlecan.”
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hernesheir A common name of plants in the genus Sagitaria. Jun 23, 2010