Synonyms of shoo fly

Noun


1. apple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides, herb, herbaceous plant

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

Noun


1. apple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides, herb, herbaceous plant

usage: an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen

2. shoofly, policeman, police officer, officer

usage: a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)

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