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Definition of Bomarea salsilla
1. Noun. Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bomarea Salsilla
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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