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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See tee-tee.
  • noun A species of wildcat indigenous to Bolivia and found also around Lake Titicaca. The name of the lake is derived from a rock on the island of Titicaca which bears natural marks resembling heads of cats. In the valleys of the eastern Bolivian Andes the titi is called mulu-mulu in Aymará.
  • noun Same as buckwheat-tree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Same as teetee.
  • noun 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.
  • noun Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi.

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  • noun A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
  • noun deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
  • noun small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail

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  • small S. American monkey

    December 10, 2006