shea
/ʃi/
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.
Noun
shea (plural sheas)
- 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.
- The people were every where employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees, from which they prepare the vegetable butter mentioned in former parts of this work. […] They are not planted by the natives, but are found growing naturally in the woods; and, in clearing wood land for cultivation...1799, Mungo Park, chapter XVI, in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, pages 202–203
- The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.
- Synonyms:
- shea nut
Proper noun capitalized: Shea
IPA/ʃeɪ/
Shea
- A surname from Irish.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
shea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
shea in Tamil
- ஷீயா
shea in Urdu
- شیہ
shea in Bengali
- শেয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- shea in Telugu
- షీయా
- shea in Kannada
- ಶೀಯಾ
- shea in Gujarati
- શીઆ
Synonyms of shea
- shea nut
- shea tree
- vitellaria
- Butyrospermum parkii
- B. paradoxum
Forms of shea
| plural | sheas |
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Origin of shea
Borrowed from Bambara si.
Anglicised from Irish Ó Séaghdha.
Words formed from shea
Phrases with shea
Words that rhyme with shea
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- althea
- Anthea
- Caesarea
- hamartia
- Hosea
- Leah
- logorrhea
- maria
- panacea
- Sandia
- Theia
- trachea
- Zia
- Achaea
- Alethea
- carry the message to Garcia
- chia
- chorea
- diarrhea
- Hygieia
- mens rea
- pharmacopoeia
- pro-mia
- quesadilla
- ratafia
- sangria
- Shi'a
- tortilla
- urea
- Aeaea
- Apamea
- apatheia
- Aramea
- Arimathea
- avania
- cinquedea
- Corea
- deliver the message to Garcia
- dionaea
- dyspnea
- Euboea
- eupatheia
- Euryclea
- Fawzia
- gelateria
- glossopoeia
- gonorrhea
- Hialeah
Questions about shea
- What does shea mean?
- Shea means 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.
- What is shea in Hindi?
- Shea in Hindi is शे. See Shea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shea?
- Shea can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shea?
- Shea is pronounced /ʃi/.
- What is the plural of shea?
- The plural of shea is sheas.
Words near shea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shea (page history and authors); Shea (page history and authors); shea (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shea (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shea (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shea (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shea (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shea (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shea (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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