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SALSILLA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America

Synonyms:

Bomarea edulis; salsilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("salsilla" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("salsilla" is a member of...):

Bomarea; genus Bomarea (large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia

Synonyms:

Bomarea salsilla; salsilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("salsilla" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("salsilla" is a member of...):

Bomarea; genus Bomarea (large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae)

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