titi

Meanings

Plural: titis

Noun

• tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
• deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
• small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
• Any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.
• Mutton bird.
• A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes.
• Any tree of the related genus Cyrilla.

Synonyms

black titi, buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla, ironwood, Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, sourwood, titi monkey, white titi