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