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shea nut noun[ C ] uk /ˈʃeɪ ˌnʌt/ us /ˈʃeɪ ˌnʌt/ the seed of the shea tree that contains a lot of oil and is used to make shea butter: Large companies prefer to buy shea nuts from villages through local buyers. The women make a living through selling groundnuts and making butter from shea nuts. We visited the site to see how shea nuts are grown, harvested, and processed. Countries from all around the globe now import shea nuts to extract butter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fruits & seeds & their parts ackee aronia barberry bergamot bur caryopsis chaff cone flesh peel pine nut pip pith pithy poppy seed radicle radicular seed coat seed pod seedless |