shoo fly

Other forms: shoo flies

Definitions of shoo fly
  1. noun
    coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
    synonyms: Nicandra physaloides, apple of Peru
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    type 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
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