sal·ep (s l  p)n. 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. [French or Spanish, both from Ottoman Turkish s  lep, from Arabic sa lab, a kind of orchid, salep.] |
salep [ˈsælɛp]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the dried ground starchy tubers of various orchids, used for food and formerly as drugs
[via French and Turkish from Arabic sahlab, shortened from khusy ath-tha`lab, literally: fox's testicles, name of an orchid]
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