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shea

n. 1 A tree ((taxlink Vitellaria paradoxa species noshow=1)) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda. 2 The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

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Shea may refer to:

  • Shea Stadium, a demolished sports stadium in Queens, New York; former home of the New York Mets and New York Jets
  • shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa, formerly Butyrospermum parkii), a tree indigenous to Africa
    • shea butter or shea nut butter, a slightly greenish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree
  • USS Shea (DM-30), a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy; named for Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Shea

Usage examples of "shea".

The broad aisles of baobab and shea trees tangled and vanished, leaving the safari hacking its way among close-set, scaly doum-palms.

Caught between dizzying shock at their display of exhibitionism and the uncomfortable realization that it had aroused the hell out of her to be so publicly claimed, Shea wrenched her eyes away from the young stud to see Ryan lift his cum-soaked fingers to his mouth.

Pringle Hotel greeted Shea and Kole, ushering them away to their rooms.

It had been more than seventy years now since Shea and Flick Ohmsford had slipped from their home at the Shady Vale inn, barely escaping the monstrous winged Skull Bearer sent by the Warlock Lord to destroy them.

It was a good night to travel in the open, and Shea felt reassured by the idea that any searching emissaries of the Warlock Lord would have a very difficult time spotting them.

No amount of skill or woodlore seemed able to help them, and they might have died there if Shea, in desperation, had not discovered that he possessed the ability to invoke the power of the Elfstones given him by the Druid Allanonthe same Elfstones she carried now.

They came within one out of it last yearat Shea Stadium this was, against the Metsand then this guy named Bill Buckner who was playing first base let an easy grounder get through his wickets.

Shea was openly angered that Allanon had left without even a parting word, yet at the same time he began to experience a growing apprehension that he was no longer under the historian’s protective wing.

Panamon Creel, still angered, but now bewildered by the sudden appearance of this creature, lowered Shea to the earth abruptly and turned to face the strange newcomer.

Shea butter, almond oil, the scent of her was an intoxicating blend with something else she emitted….

Shea smeared aloe vera over her skin, then, working quickly, gathered tools, instruments, and ropes, arranging them in her truck.

Shea saw them ride in and reported to me at once and I went down to the saloon where they had bellied up to the bar.

Shea whirled around fearfully, his eyes instantly catching sight of the huge black object that rose slowly from the distant Vale-climbing like a great bird into the dimness of the morning sunrise in widening spirals.

Snapper's indignant response was to display a 9mm Glock (swiped from the glove box of an unmarked Coral Springs police car) and attempt to empty said weapon into Sunny Shea.

Ernie Shea is known to one and all as the Lucky Duck because around him the laws of probability turn to Silly Putty-which combined with his short stature explains and may even excuse an irascible sourpuss personality reminiscent of Daffy Duck.