| a plant, Nicandra physalodes, of the nightshade family, having large blue flowers. |
| apple of Peru n. An annual Peruvian plant (Nicandra physalodes), grown as an ornamental for its pale violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers and its fruits enclosed in papery inflated calyxes. Also called shoo-fly plant. |
shoo-fly plant  (shōō'flī')  n. See apple of Peru. |
