1.
[syn: cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
1. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as
white titi.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
white titi
n 1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West
Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white
flowers and orange and crimson foliage [syn: cyrilla,
leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora]