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Definition of Wapatoo

Wapatoo
Wapatoo Wap"a*too`, n. (Bot.) The edible tuber of a species of arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also wappato.]

Meaning of Wapatoo from wikipedia

- Sagittaria is a genus of about 30 species of aquatic plants whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato...
- Nymphaea spp. (waterlily) Pteridium esculentum Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo) Typha spp. Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other...
- plants that form corms include: Alismataceae Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo) Araceae Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro) Arisaema Colocasia esculenta...
- Sagisma † Nikitin Sagittaria - arrowhead, duck potato, katniss, omodaka (****anese: 沢瀉), swamp potato, tule potato, wapato, wapatoo L. Wiesneria Micheli...
- from Cr**** ’topilwa, "swamp-tree", from íto, "tree" + opílwa, "swamp". Wapatoo (definition) from Chinook Jargon [ˈwapato], "arrowroot, wild potato", from...
- expedition established Fort Hall (on the Snake River) and Fort William (on Wapatoo Island), but the venture was a failure due to the dominance of the HBC...