'Bassia Parkii' definitions:
Definition of 'Bassia Parkii'
From: GCIDE
- Shea tree \She"a tree`\ (Bot.) An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia Parkii syn. Butyrospermum Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bassia Parkii'
From: GCIDE
- Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox, cow + turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. Cow.]
- 1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. [1913 Webster]
- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table.
- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp. --Locke.
- Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.
- Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See {Shea tree}.
- Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
- Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]