| NOUN | plant | Bomarea salsilla, salsilla | tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute |
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| Meaning | Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia. | |
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| Synonym | salsilla | |
| Member of | Bomarea, genus Bomarea | large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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