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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 arrowrootplay

  Familiarity information: FLORIDA ARROWROOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLORIDA ARROWROOT (noun)


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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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