1) Bomarea salsilla 2) Colombia 3) Vine 
[n] - tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute 2. [n] - tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute
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