Lexic.us

Definition of Salsilla

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

2. 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.

Definition of Salsilla

1. a tropical plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salsilla

salsa salsaed salsafies salsafy salsaing salsalate salsalike salsamentarious salsas salse

salsero salseros salses salsifies salsify salsilla (current term) salsillas salso-acid salsoda salsola

salsolidine salsoline alkaloids salsuginous salt salt-and-pepper salt-cured salt-depletion crisis salt-effect distillation salt-free diet salt-green

Literary usage of Salsilla

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

1. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"The capsule of salsilla agrees with that of Hirtella and acutifolia. ... salsilla was first figured and described by Feuillet together with Alst. ..."

2. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1835)
"... salsilla. Linn. sp. pi. p. 462. aman. acad. 6. p. 254. (excl. synon. Hern, mex.) Hooker Sf Arnott in Beech, voy. append, p. 47. (excl. ..."

3. 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 ... Peruvian Andes. вв. Umbel compound. c. Fis. small. salsilla, Herb. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Some have climbing or twining steins. Among these is the salsilla ... salsilla), a plant of great beauty, with lanceolate leaves, a native of Peru, ..."

5. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"The capsule of salsilla agrees with that of Hirtella and acutifolia. ... salsilla was first figured and described by Feuillet together with Alst. ..."

6. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1835)
"... salsilla. Linn. sp. pi. p. 462. aman. acad. 6. p. 254. (excl. synon. Hern, mex.) Hooker Sf Arnott in Beech, voy. append, p. 47. (excl. ..."

7. 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 ... Peruvian Andes. вв. Umbel compound. c. Fis. small. salsilla, Herb. ..."

8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Some have climbing or twining steins. Among these is the salsilla ... salsilla), a plant of great beauty, with lanceolate leaves, a native of Peru, ..."

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