salep

American  

[sal-ep] / ˈsæl ɛp /

noun

1. a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.

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salep British  

/ ˈsælɛp /

noun

1. the dried ground starchy tubers of various orchids, used for food and formerly as drugs

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Etymology

Origin of salep

1730–40; < Turkish salep < dialectal Arabic saḥlab, perhaps shortened variant of Arabic khusā al-thaʿlab fox's testicles; cf. saloop

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Example Sentences

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salep

Around 1,000 to 4,000 orchid plants are used to make a single kilogram of salep, a beloved drink in Turkey that is like a cross between hot chocolate and rice pudding.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2020

The same can be said of salep, a fine powder ground from dried orchis tubers used in the Middle East to thicken ice cream.

From Newsweek

Professor Royle states that the salep of Kashmir is obtained from a species of Eulophia, probably E. virens.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

Red Port wine was now given more freely in his medicated water; and his nourishment consisted of sago and salep.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley

One dram by weight of the salep powder in a fluid dram and a half of the spirit, to half-a-pint of water, are the proper proportions.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

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