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noun
an African tree, Butyrospermum parkii, of the sapodilla family, bearing a round, smooth-skinned fruit that contains one or more seeds yielding shea butter.
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Origin of shea tree
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby shea tree
sheathe, sheathing, sheath knife, sheath of eyeball, sheath of Schwann, shea tree, sheave, sheaves, Sheba, shebang, Sheba, Queen of
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