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tuckamore, n. Canad.|ˈtʌkəmɔər|
Also 9 tucken-more.
[f. tucken, tucka-, prob. repr. regional pronunc. of tucking vbl. n., + more n.1]
A small, stunted evergreen tree with gnarled, spreading roots, which forms closely matted ground-cover in barren areas (Dict. Newfoundland Eng.); a tucking-bush. Also, such bushes collectively; gen., any low clump of trees or other vegetation.
1863J. Moreton Life & Work in Newfoundland 31 Tucken-mores. Small low-grown shrubs and creeping plants. 1868J. P. Howley in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 586/2 The country is nearly level with scarcely any woods except occasional patches of tucking bushes (Tuckamores). 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor 229 He repeatedly fell through between logs and tree-trunks and ‘tuckamore’. 1970Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 21 May 3/1 We proceeded as usual to the Witless Bay Line..and from thence some 13 miles on foot in over the tuckamores. |