Word origins

• roanokeWhite beads of low value made from shells, formerly used for ornaments and currency by Native Americans of colonial Virginia.
• PocahontasA Native American woman.
• persimmonThe orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
• tuckahoeThe edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
• poneA writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
• ArrokothArrokoth; a classical cubewano-class EKO-type TNO that was visited by the NASA space probe New Horizons 1
• cockarouseA sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.
• pocanThe poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
• puccoonAny one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
• werowanceA chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland.