a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

[ Syn: titanium , ti , atomic number 22 ]

shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

[ Syn: cordyline terminalis ]

the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

[ Syn: te , si ]