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COONTIE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
Synonyms:
coontie; Florida arrowroot; Seminole bread; Zamia pumila
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Hypernyms ("coontie" is a kind of...):
zamia (any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads)