salsilla

noun

1. tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America

• Syn: ↑Bomarea edulis

• Hypernyms: ↑vine

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bomarea, ↑genus Bomarea

2. tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia

• Syn: ↑Bomarea salsilla

• Hypernyms: ↑vine

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bomarea, ↑genus Bomarea

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\\salˈsilə\ noun (-s)

Etymology: New Latin salsilla (specific epithet of Bomarea salsilla), from feminine of salsillus salty, from Latin salsus salted, from past participle of sallere to salt

: a tropical American plant of the genus Bomarea; especially : one (as B. salsilla or B. edulis) with edible roots that are sometimes boiled and used as a substitute for potatoes