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Noun: titi  'tee,tee
  1. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
    - 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
    - sorrel tree, sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum
     
  3. Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
    - titi monkey

Derived forms: titis

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian

Part of: Callicebus, Cliftonia, genus Callicebus, genus Cliftonia, genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum

Encyclopedia: Titi, Republic of the Congo