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Shea butter
Meaning
Noun
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In Fats and oils & Sapote family plants:
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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Wiktionary
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