Crossword clues for coontie
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coontie
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.
Wiktionary
coontie
n. Either of two arrowroots, (taxlink Zamia integrifolia species noshow=1) or (taxlink Zamia floridana species noshow=1), cycadaceous plants of Florida and the West Indies, or the starch (sago) produced from these plants.
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "coontie".
Seasons when vegetables was short, we'd pole up the Glades creeks to the pine ridges, gather coontie root for starch and flour, cut cabbage-palm tops in the hammocks and some Injun greens.