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SHOO FLY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
Synonyms:
apple of Peru; Nicandra physaloides; shoo fly
Classified under:
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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