SALSILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salsilla mean? 

• SALSILLA (noun)
  The noun SALSILLA has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: SALSILLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALSILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bomarea salsilla; salsilla

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bomarea edulis; salsilla

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)