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"Coontie" Definition

noun

Any of several evergreen species 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 starch resembling arrowroot. Also called Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of several tropical American woody cycads (genus ) whose roots and stems yield a starchy foodstuff .

Source: Merriam-Webster