TITI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titi mean? 

• TITI (noun)
  The noun TITI has 3 senses:

1. tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers

2. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves

3. small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail

  Familiarity information: TITI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckwheat tree; Cliftonia monophylla; titi

Hypernyms ("titi" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("titi" is a member of...):

Cliftonia; genus Cliftonia (one species: titi)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Oxydendrum arboreum; sorrel tree; sourwood; titi

Hypernyms ("titi" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("titi" is a member of...):

genus Oxydendrum; Oxydendrum (sourwood)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

titi; titi monkey

Hypernyms ("titi" is a kind of...):

New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)

Holonyms ("titi" is a member of...):

Callicebus; genus Callicebus (titis)