Coontie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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