| NOUN | plant | Nicandra physaloides, apple of Peru, shoo fly | coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry |
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| Meaning | coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry. | |
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| Synonyms | apple of Peru, shoo fly | |
| Member of | Nicandra, genus Nicandra | sturdy annual of Peru |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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