different between rhea vs shea

English

Etymology 1

From Rhea (“the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”), from Ancient Greek ??? (Rhéa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??/

Noun

rhea (plural rheas)

1. A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.

Derived terms

• American rhea (Rhea americana)
• common rhea (Rhea americana)
• Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
• greater rhea (Rhea americana)
• lesser rhea (Rhea pennata)
• puna rhea (Rhea tarapacensis)

Translations

References

• Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

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Noun

rhea

1. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear, hera

English

Etymology

From Bambara si.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i/, /?e?/, /?i.?/, /???/

Noun

shea

1. A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) 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.

   Synonym: shea nut

Synonyms

• (tree): shea tree, vitellaria; Butyrospermum parkii, B. paradoxum

Derived terms

• shea butter

Translations

Further reading

• Vitellaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Ashe, Eash, HAES, HEAs, Hase, ashe, hase, seah