Salep definition
A starchy meal ground from the dried roots of various orchids chiefly of the genus Orchis, used for food and formerly as medicine.
noun
The starchy dried tubers of various orchids (esp. genera Orchis and Eulophia), ground up and used as food.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
salep
Plural:
salepsOrigin of salep
- Turkish salep from Arabic saḥlab orchid from which salep is made, salep probably alteration of (ḫuṭā al)-ṯa‘lab (testicles of the) fox (from the appearance of the tubers) ṯʕlb in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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