Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shea tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: shea tree
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree, the source of a fruit with a nutritious flesh and an oil-rich seed which yields shea butter (used in cosmetics), endemic to Africa (Vitellaria paradoxa).

Inflected Forms

shea trees (plural)

Synonyms

Butyrospermum parkii shi tree vitellaria

Questions

What does shea tree mean?: A tree, the source of a fruit with a nutritious flesh and an oil-rich seed which yields shea butter (used in cosmetics), endemic to Africa (Vitellaria paradoxa).

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