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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 berryplay

    Synonyms:

    apple of Peru; Nicandra physaloides; shoo fly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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