Shea

  1. Noun.  (alternative spelling of, shea) .
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, from Irish) of (etyl, ga) origin, anglicised from (term, Ó Séaghdha) .
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
  4. Proper noun.  (given name, female) transferred from the surname.
  5. Noun.  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.
  6. Noun.  The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

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