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    BOMAREA EDULIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    Bomarea edulis; salsilla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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