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TITI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
Synonyms:
titi; titi monkey
Classified under:
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)
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
Synonyms:
Oxydendrum arboreum; sorrel tree; sourwood; titi
Classified under:
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:
Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
Synonyms:
buckwheat tree; Cliftonia monophylla; titi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
