salsilla

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	salsilla - tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia Bomarea salsilla Bomarea, genus Bomarea - large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	salsilla - tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America Bomarea edulis Bomarea, genus Bomarea - large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface