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FLORIDA ARROWROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Florida arrowroot mean?
• FLORIDA ARROWROOT (noun)
The noun FLORIDA ARROWROOT has 1 sense:
1. small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
Familiarity information: FLORIDA ARROWROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
coontie; Florida arrowroot; Seminole bread; Zamia pumila
Hypernyms ("Florida arrowroot" is a kind of...):
zamia (any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads)
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