WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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] 2: tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America [syn: salsilla, Bomarea edulis]