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Bassia latifolia Mahwa tree Mah"wa tree` (Bot.)
An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also
B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and
the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink.
It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and
yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.
Bassia or Butyrospermum Parkii Shea tree She"a tree` (Bot.)
An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, or Butyrospermum,
Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling
butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
Botrytis bassiana Muscardine Mus`car*dine", n. [F.]
A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which
sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the
development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis
bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
