[koon-tee] 
| 1. | either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species. |
| 2. | the flour produced from its starch. |
| coon·tie (kōōn'tē) n. 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. [Florida Creek kuntíi, arrowroot.] |