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Meaning
noun tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
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
originFrom Spanish salsilla, diminutive of salsa (“sauce”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0