BOMAREA EDULIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Bomarea edulis mean? • BOMAREA EDULIS (noun)
The noun BOMAREA EDULIS has 1 sense:
1. 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: BOMAREA EDULIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOMAREA EDULIS (noun)
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 ("Bomarea edulis" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Bomarea edulis" 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)
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