The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shea tree \She"a tree`\ (Bot.)
An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia Parkii syn.
Butyrospermum Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance
resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS.
butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox,
cow + turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf.
Cow.]
1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
churning.
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2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence,
or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the
chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of
antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly
solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao,
vegetable butter, shea butter.
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Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at
table.
Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of
butter; -- called also butter stamp. --Locke.
Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the
upper jaw.
Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds
of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The
butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of
Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See Shea
tree.
Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called
also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic]
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