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coontah, coontie|ˈkʊntə, -tɪ|
Also coonta, -ti.
The name in U.S. of a species of cycad (Zamia integrifolia), found in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; also of the variety of arrowroot obtained from its stem.
1791W. Bartram Trav. Carolina (1792) 239 A very agreeable, cooling sort of jelly, which they call conte. a1816B. Hawkins Sk. Creek Country (1848) 21 This [China] briar is called Coonte. 1819Pennsylvania Gaz. 22 June 2/3 [The Seminoles] use a root called coonty, as a substitute [for corn]. 1852F. R. Goulding Young Marooners xxvi. 173 Harold discovered a fine patch of Coontah or arrowroot from which a beautiful flour can be manufactured. 1879Pickering Chron. Hist. Plants 761 The coontie is a low palmetto-like plant, its trunk yielding the ..white bread. 1883Chapman Flora South. U.S. (ed. 2) 437. |