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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