BUTTER TREE

Definition: BUTTER TREE

BUTTER TREE

1. (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia , the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea ; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parkii). See Shea tree .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Photo Album: BUTTER TREE

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	African butter tree, Butyrospermum Parkii, in the steppe of south Togo, Africa. In: "Das Deutsche Kolonialreich," by Hans Meyer, 1909. Vol II, p. 102. Library Call Number: Cfd M612 d. Credit: Treasures of the Library.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BUTTER TREE

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Anagrams: BUTTER TREE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-r-r-t-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: rebutter.
	-3 letters: burette, reutter, utterer.
	-4 letters: better, butter, teeter, terete, terret, tetter, turret, ureter.
	-5 letters: beret, brute, buret, butte, rebut, truer, tuber, tutee, utter.
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