salep noun.
['salǝp] M18.[French from Turkish sālep from Arab. alab fox, shortening of uā '-alab orchid (lit. 'fox's testicles'): cf. SALOOP.]A starchy preparation of the dried tubers of various orchids, esp. of the genus
Orchis, used in cookery and formerly as a tonic.
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