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}]