Definition of Bomarea salsilla

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

Exact synonyms: Salsilla
Group relationships: Bomarea, Genus Bomarea
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bomarea Salsilla

Bolton-Broadbent plane
Bolton-nasion line
Bolton-nasion plane
Bolton plane
Boltonia
Boltzmann
Boltzmann's constant
Boltzmann brain
Boltzmann brains
Boltzmann constant
Boltzmann distribution law
Boltzmannian
Bolzano
Bomarea
Bomarea edulis
Bomarea salsilla (current term)
Bomb
Bombacaceae
Bombardier
Bombax ceiba
Bombax malabarica
Bombay
Bombay cat
Bombay cats
Bombay ceiba
Bombay duck
Bombay hemp
Bombay mix
Bombay phenomenon
Bombay trait

Literary usage of Bomarea salsilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Bomarea salsilla IX ';1!. of air in summer. Prop, by fresh seeds, which germinate readily if sown in shallow pans in a warm propagating-house. ..."

2. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"... the Bomarea salsilla, with umbels of purple flowers. Lapageria rosca, was completely out of flower on this occasion, though I recognised many specimens ..."

3. The Annals of HorticultureF (1848)
"Bomarea salsilla, 139 ; В acuti- folia, 206 ; B. hirtella, 299. Borage, culture of, 106, 300, 411. Botanical terms applied to :— elementary parte, ..."

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