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salep (sal′əp)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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