coontie

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noun

Zamia integrifolia (syn. Zamia floridana), cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.

Similar
Florida arrowrootSeminole breadZamia pumila
OriginCreek [Term?] →
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Meanings

nouncoontie (plural coonties)

plural coonties

  1. Zamia integrifolia (syn. Zamia floridana), cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.

    Synonyms: Florida arrowroot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounZamia integrifolia (syn. Zamia floridana), cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.

Similar
Florida arrowroot

More synonyms by meaning

nounsmall tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot

Similar
Florida arrowrootSeminole breadZamia pumila
Broader
zamia
Also see
florida arrowrootseminole bread

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Creek[Term?]
  2. Englishcoontie

From Creek [Term?].

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APA

coontie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coontie

MLA

“coontie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coontie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coontie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coontie.

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