| 释义 |
‖ shea|ʃiː, ˈʃiːə|
[Mandingo (Bambara and other dialects) si, se, sye, the tree or its fruit. The current English spelling is due to Park.]
A sapotaceous tree of tropical Africa, Bassia Parkii, from the kernels of which is obtained shea butter (also called galam butter), a substance resembling butter, used as food by the natives and in Europe for the manufacture of soap, etc. Also shea tree, shea-butter tree.
1799Park Trav. Africa xvi. (ed. 2) 202 The people were every where employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees. Ibid. 203 In clearing wood land for cultivation, every tree is cut down but the Shea. 1846Rep. Brit. Assoc. ii. 90 The Shea Butter-Tree. 1846J. Bell's Syst. Geog., Guinea i. IV. 28 The shea or butter-tree. 1847S. Lee Afr. Wand. xiv. (1854) 232 Anointed with vegetable or shea butter. 1905Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 450 Shea butter..is employed for rheumatism [etc.]. |