coontie

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

coontie
    n 1: small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and
         Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn:
         {coontie}, {Florida arrowroot}, {Seminole bread}, {Zamia
         pumila}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coontie \Coon"tie\, n. (Bot.)
   A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the
   {Zamia integrifolia}, from the stems of which a kind of sago
   is prepared.
   [1913 Webster]

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