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salsilla

DEFINITIONS OF: salsilla

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

Synonyms:
Bomarea salsilla
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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

Synonyms:
Bomarea edulis
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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