Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.

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

  2. (New Zealand)Mutton bird.

  3. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes.

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

  4. Any tree of the related genus Cyrilla.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Māori.

Borrowed from Māori.

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Forms

plural: titis
Singulartiti
Pluraltitis

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Cliftonia monophylla:ironwoodblack titibuckwheat tree
tree of genus Cyrilla:white titi
Close in meaning
  • small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail:titi monkey
  • tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers:buckwheat treeCliftonia monophylla
  • deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves:sorrel treesourwoodOxydendrum arboreum

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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