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Shea

2 stages from Bambara to English.

Today it means a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree, used in cosmetics and cooking
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si
Bambara · medieval
"the shea tree"
the name for the tree whose nuts yield a rich, edible fat
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shea
English · 1800s
"a fat extracted from the nuts of the shea tree"
adopted directly for the nut and the butter made from it
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