shea noun. [ʃi:, 'ʃi:ǝ] L18.
[Mande si, se, sye.]
A nut-bearing tree of tropical Africa, Vitellaria paradoxa (family Sapotaceae).

Comb.:
shea butter an edible fatty substance obtained from the kernels of the nuts of the shea, used locally in lamps etc. and elsewhere in the manufacture of chocolate etc.

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