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]