| NOUN | plant | Bomarea, genus Bomarea | large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers |
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| Meaning | large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae. | |
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| Synonym | genus Bomarea | |
| Member of | Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family | snowdrop |
| Members | salsilla, Bomarea edulis | Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute |
| salsilla, Bomarea salsilla | Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | bomarea, genus bomarea | |
| Catalan | bomarea, genus bomarea | |
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