titi

4 definitions found

titi - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit['i].]
     1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred
        South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix,
        Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee
        (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee
        (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and
        saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma  wrinatrix
        ).
        [1913 Webster]

  Titi \Ti"ti\, n. (Zool.)
     Same as Teetee.
     [1913 Webster]

  Titi \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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as
        white titi.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

titi - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  titi
      n 1: tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United
           States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white
           flowers [syn: titi, buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla
           ]
      2: deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply
         fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and
         sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, sourwood, titi,
         Oxydendrum arboreum]
      3: small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long
         nonprehensile tail [syn: titi, titi monkey]