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salep

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/ˈsæləp/

Definition of salep

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
    “Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.”
    “In Turkey, Iran, and Syria salep is popular as a restorative and also as a provocative to amatory activity.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
    “Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.”
    “In Turkey, Iran, and Syria salep is popular as a restorative and also as a provocative to amatory activity.”
  2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”).

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Etymology

Borrowed from French salep, from Turkish salep, from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab, “type of orchid”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Arabic word is said to be a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) (الثَعْلَب (aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox”) + خُصًى (ḵuṣan, “testicles”)), referring to the testicle-like root tubers.

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