Shea

Definitions

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

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Examples

“The people were every where employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees, from which they prepare⟳ the vegetable butter mentioned in former parts of this work⟳. […] They are not planted by the natives, but are found growing naturally in the woods; and, in clearing wood land⟳ for cultivation, every tree is cut⟳ down but the Shea.”

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