Usually means: Natural fat extracted from shea.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. shea butter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shea butter: Merriam-Webster
  3. shea butter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shea butter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shea butter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shea-butter: Wordnik
  7. shea butter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. shea butter: Wiktionary
  9. shea butter: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. shea butter: Dictionary.com
  11. Shea butter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. shea butter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shea butter: Health & Beauty Glossary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
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  4. Shea butter: Beauty & Health Glossary
  5. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shea butter)

noun:  A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.

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