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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
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)
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