HyperDic: shoo_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression shoo fly:
NOUNplantshoo fly, apple of Peru, Nicandra physaloidescoarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
English > shoo fly: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Synonymsapple of Peru, Nicandra physaloides
Member ofNicandra, genus Nicandrasturdy annual of Peru
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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