Associations to the word «Shea»

SHEA, noun. Alternative spelling of shea

SHEA, proper noun. A surname​ of origin, anglicised from Ó Séaghdha.

SHEA, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.

SHEA, proper noun. A female given name transferred from the surname.

SHEA, 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.

SHEA, noun. The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

SHEA BUTTER, noun. A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.