Salsilla

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  salsilla
       n 1: tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and
            edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute;
            Colombia [syn: {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: {Bomarea
          edulis}]