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1. (n.) coontie
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones.
2. coontie
flour produced from coontie starch.
Etymology: (1785–95, Amer.; < Florida Creek kuntí&raiseddot;)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila
small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
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1. (noun) coontie
a cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared
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