shea butter
English
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edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚ/, [ˈʃeɪ̯ ˌbʌɾɚ]
Noun
editshea butter (usually uncountable, plural shea butters)
- A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) 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.
- 1799, Mungo Park, chapter XXI, in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, page 279:
- About two o'clock in the afternoon, a sort of hasty pudding, with a little Shea butter, is the common meal; but the supper constitutes the principal repast, and is seldom ready before midnight.
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editfat extracted from the fruit of the shea tree
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