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Webster 1913 Edition


Coontie

Coon′tie

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Noun.
(Bot.)
A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the
Zamia integrifolia
, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Definition 2024


coontie

coontie

English

Noun

coontie (uncountable)

  1. 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.

References

  • coontie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913