COONTIE

Meaning of COONTIE in English

Pronunciation: ' kün-t ē

Function: noun

Etymology: Creek (Florida dialect) kontí ·

Date: 1791

: any of several tropical American woody cycads (genus Zamia ) whose roots and stems yield a starchy foodstuff ― called also arrowroot

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COONTIE — noun Etymology: Creek (Florida dialect) kontí Date: 1791 any of several tropical American woody cycads (genus Zamia ) whose roots …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COONTIE — ˈküntē noun or comp·tie ˈkämptē ( -s ) Etymology: Seminole kunti coontie flour : any of several tough woody plants …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COONTIE — (n.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind …
Английский словарь Webster
COONTIE — ( n. ) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COONTIE — /koohn"tee/ , n. 1. either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COONTIE — noun Etymology: Creek (Florida dialect) kontí· Date: 1791 : any of several tropical American woody cycads (genus Zamia ) whose …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COONTIE — noun a cycadaceous plant of florida and the west indies, the zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind …
Webster English vocab
COONTIE — [coon.tie] n [Creek (Florida dial.) kunti] (1791): any of several tropical American woody plants (genus Zamia) of the cycad family …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COONTIE — coontie BrE AmE ˈkuːnt i ▷ coontie|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — noun Date: 1696 1. any of a genus ( Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the ~ family) of tropical American …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ZAMIA — ˈzāmēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin (in feminine plural form zamiae ), MS. variant of azaniae, feminine plural of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILD SAGO — noun : coontie
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAGO PALM — noun 1. : a plant that yields sago: as a. : any of various lofty pinnate-leaved Indian and Malaysian palms …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLORIDA ARROWROOT — noun Usage: usually capitalized F 1. : an arrowroot obtained in Florida from the coontie 2. : coontie
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMPTIE — variant of coontie
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMFORTROOT — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) in Florida : coontie
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZAMIA — (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. …
Английский словарь Webster
ZAMIA — ( n. ) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARROWROOT — noun Date: 1696 1. a. : any of a genus ( Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ZAMIA — noun a genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. ·see coontie, and ·illust. …
Webster English vocab
ARROWROOT — [ar.row.root] n (1696) 1 a: any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot family) of tropical American …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ZAMIA — a genus of 30 or more species of cycads (family Cycadaceae), small, stocky, fern-like plants native to tropical and subtropical …
Britannica English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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