Source : WordNet®

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}]