white titi

from 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}]

from 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.]