shea

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bambara si. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃi/, /ʃeɪ/, /ʃi.ə/, /ʃɪə/ Rhymes: -iːə === Noun === shea (plural sheas) A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda. The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed. Synonym: shea nut ==== Synonyms ==== (tree): shea tree, vitellaria; Butyrospermum parkii, B. paradoxum ==== Derived terms ==== shea butter ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Vitellaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === HEAs, Seah, Eash, Ashe, Hase, HAES, seah, æsh, ashe, hase == Yola == === Noun === shea alternative form of shoo === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 54