1. tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia; [syn: salsilla, Bomarea salsilla]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bomarea salsilla
n 1: tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and
edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute;
Colombia [syn: salsilla, Bomarea salsilla]