coontie

1. 1.

   small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot

   SynonymsFlorida arrowrootSeminole breadZamia pumila

   Broaderzamia

Other forms of coontie

plural

coonties·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coontie

What does coontie mean?

coontie means "small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot".

How many syllables are in coontie?

coontie has 2 syllables: coon-tie. The stress falls on "coon".

What is another word for coontie?

Close synonyms include Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coontie a common word?

coontie is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.