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COONTIE
coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila
(noun) small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coontie (plural coonties)
Zamia integrifolia (syn. Zamia floridana), cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.
Synonyms
• Florida arrowroot
Source: Wiktionary
Coon"tie, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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