Meaning of TITI
| Pronunciation: | | 'teetee
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- [n] small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
- [n] deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
- [n] tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
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| | Synonyms: | | buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla, Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood, titi monkey |
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| | See Also: | | angiospermous tree, Callicebus, Cliftonia, flowering tree, genus Callicebus, genus Cliftonia, genus Oxydendrum, New World monkey, Oxydendrum | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia
monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant
white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called
also {black titi}, {buckwheat tree}, and {ironwood}.
2. Any related tree of the genus {Cyrilla}, often disting. as
{white titi}.
\Ti"ti\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Teetee}.
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