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butter and tallow tree
butter and tallow tree n.
Brit. 
/ˌbʌtər (ə)n(d) ˈtaləʊ triː/
, /ˌbʌtər (ə)n(d) ˈtaləʊ triː/U.S. /ˌbədər ən ˈtæloʊ ˌtri/
, /ˌbədər ən ˈtæloʊ ˌtri/West African English /ˌbɔta an ˌtalo ˈtri/
now rare a large evergreen West African tree, Pentadesma butyracea (family Clusiaceae), with seeds yielding a solid fat used as a source of food; also called butter tree, tallow tree./ˌbɔta an ˌtalo ˈtri/ΘΚΠ
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tallow-tree1704
butter and tallow tree1795
1795 Acct. Colony Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Company 235 Butter and Tallow Tree. This is common in low lands about Freetown.
1896 Let. 4 Apr. in Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) (1897) No. 130. 312 I have the honour to forward by this mail steamer, a box containing seeds of Pentadesma butyracea, the butter and tallow tree of Sierra Leone.
1911 Bay View Mag. Nov. 142/1 The butter and tallow tree sometimes attains a height of seventy feet.
2006 J. F. DeMouthe Nat. Materials iv. 89 In western Africa, Pentadesma butyracea is called the tallow tree or the butter-and-tallow tree because the oil derived from its fruit is used like butter.
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