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noun

Titi n.

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.

Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi.

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Etymology of 'Titi'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Titi" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Titi Lake, a small body of water which was spread out among the hills like a sheet of ink, so deep was its Stygian hue, we commenced ascending a mountain. The highest peak of the Schwarzwald, the Feldberg, rose not far off, and on arriving at the top of this mountain, we saw that a half ...

— Views a-foot • J. Bayard Taylor

... built French officials who lurk in the official club near the Pomare Palace. I was reduced, in my rather casual investigation, to questioning natives and schooner captains. Once I felt confident of gaining a picture, I asked Titi of Taunoa. (Titi is the lady who figures a trifle disgracefully in Gauguin's Noanoa, the woman he found boring after a few weeks, her French blood being insufficiently exotic to ...

— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

Words linked to "Titi" : genus Callicebus, white titi, angiospermous tree, platyrrhinian, sourwood, genus Cliftonia, flowering tree, genus Oxydendrum, New World monkey, Callicebus, sorrel tree, Oxydendrum, platyrrhine, Cliftonia, titi family, Cliftonia monophylla, Oxydendrum arboreum