See Also: shea(dictionary)
Shea tree(medicine)
shea butter(dictionary)

shea (iou)



shea noun. 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.