shea

[ shee, shey ]

/ ʃi, ʃeɪ /

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noun

shea tree.

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Origin of shea

1799; said to be <Bambara si (shea is Mungo Park's spelling)

Words nearby shea

Shazar, Shcharansky, Shcheglovsk, Shcherbakov, she, shea, shea butter, sheading, sheaf, shealing, shea nut

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Yeah, one thing that John Shea said struck me: "Narratives close off the complexity of reality."
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The Yankees got off to a 2-0 series lead but dropped the first game at Shea Stadium to the Mets.
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But more often than not the real stories are even more delicious, and no one has gathered more of them than … Shea.
Home Runs, Frozen Ropes, And Some Wild Cards In Best Baseball Books|Robert Birnbaum|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If it was still Shea Stadium, this list would look a lot different—starting with those pesky rats as “the worst.”
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A slug struck the wrist and an arrow pierced the body of Private Shea, hurling him to the bottom of the ravine.
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No one, except Mr. Shea, was sufficiently satisfied with his own share of the meeting to wish for more fame than was unavoidable.
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I told him how you had volunteered to fight for the Boers, and about the day you nearly killed that blackguard Shea.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
The baobab and the karite (shea butter tree) are found only in the Niger districts.
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Compare Marquette's account in his published narrative, by Shea.
History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634|Consul Willshire Butterfield

British Dictionary definitions for shea

shea

/ (ˈʃɪə) /

noun

a tropical African sapotaceous tree, Butyrospermum parkii, with oily seeds

shea butter the white butter-like fat obtained from the seeds of this plant and used as food, to make soaps, etc

Word Origin for shea

C18: from Bambara si

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