Salep Definition

săləp
noun
The starchy dried tubers of various orchids (esp. genera Orchis and Eulophia), ground up and used as food.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Salep

Noun

Singular:
salep
Plural:
saleps

Origin 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

  • Turkish salep, from Arabic سحلب (saḥlab).

    From Wiktionary

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