salep

(sal′əp)

noun

the starchy dried tubers of various orchids (esp. genera Orchis and Eulophia), ground up and used as food

Origin: Fr < Sp < colloq. Ar *saʿlab, altered & contr. < khuṣa al-thaʼlab, fox's testicles: see orchis

See salep in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A starchy meal ground from the dried roots of various Old World orchids of the genera Orchis and Eulophia, used for food and formerly as medicine.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: or Spanish

Origin: , both from Ottoman Turkish sālep

Origin: , from Arabic saḥlab, a kind of orchid, salep

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