Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shoo_fly

1 sense of shoo fly

Sense 1
apple of Peru, shoo fly, Nicandra physaloides -- (coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)


2 senses of shoofly

Sense 1
shoofly -- (an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen)
       => policeman, police officer, officer -- (a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer")

Sense 2
shoofly -- (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))
       => rocking chair, rocker -- (a chair mounted on rockers)