SHOO FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoo fly mean? 

• SHOO FLY (noun)
  The noun SHOO FLY has 1 sense:

1. coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

  Familiarity information: SHOO FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOO FLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

apple of Peru; Nicandra physaloides; shoo fly

Hypernyms ("shoo fly" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("shoo fly" is a member of...):

genus Nicandra; Nicandra (sturdy annual of Peru)