a tropical Floridian cycad (Zamia floridana) with underground trunks that yield a starch
Origin of coontie
Seminole kunti, coontie flour, starchcoontie
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coontie
noun
Any of several evergreen cycads of the genus Zamia native to southern Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies, having compound leaves, unisexual cones, and conspicuously thickened underground stems that yield an edible starch.
Origin of coontie
Florida Creek kuntí· from earlier Creek a species of catbrier (Smilax auriculata) whose roots were ground for use as a thickenerTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- Either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Zamia floridana, cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.
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From Creek.
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