shea butter

noun

a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.

Origin of shea butter

First recorded in 1840–50

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Historical Examples of shea butter

Coffee and tobacco of good quality are cultivated and shea-butter is largely used as an illuminant.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1
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Minor exports are coffee, “country cloths,” maize, shea-butter and ivory.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1
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