bomarea : Idioms & Phrases
bomarea edulis
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noun tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
salsilla.
WordNet
bomarea salsilla
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noun tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
salsilla.
WordNet
genus bomarea
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noun large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
Bomarea.