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Definition of "coontie" []

  • 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. (noun)

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Use "coontie" in a sentence
  • "Plants such as coontie, plumbago, penta, flax lily, bush daisy and the ground cover, Asian jasmine, all do well with a minimum amount of care, Liakos explained."
  • "In the front, homeowner Tammy Kovar built a hill between existing palm trees and planted an understory, layering such native plants as silvery-blue saw palmettos, paurotis palms, coontie palms and Simpson's stopper shrubs."
  • "He had brought back a new species of orchid, several undescribed beetles, and a pocketful of coontie seed."
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