Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coontie \Coon"tie\, n. (Bot.)
   A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the
   {Zamia integrifolia}, from the stems of which a kind of sago
   is prepared.

Source : WordNet®

coontie
     n : small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba;
         roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn: {Florida
         arrowroot}, {Seminole bread}, {Zamia pumila}]