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salep

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sal·ep  (slp)
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 slep, from Arabic salab, 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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