/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of shoo fly Find synonyms for: Noun1. apple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides, herb, herbaceous plantusage: coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berryNoun1. apple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides, herb, herbaceous plantusage: an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen2. shoofly, policeman, police officer, officerusage: 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)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: jugular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language