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sheas

sheas is the plural of shea.

Meaning of shea

Noun

shea (plural sheas)

  1. 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
  2. The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.
    Synonyms:
    shea nut

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Noun capitalized: Sheas

Sheas

  1. (plural) plural of Shea

Questions about sheas

What is sheas the plural of?
Sheas is the plural of shea.
What part of speech is sheas?
Sheas is a noun.

Words near sheas in the dictionary

  1. shearwalls
  2. shearwater
  3. shearwaters
  4. shearwave
  5. shearwaves
  6. sheas
  7. Sheasley
  8. Sheasleys
  9. sheat
  10. sheat-fish
  11. sheat-fishes

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