salep
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
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Tacca starch or Otaheite187 salep; from the tubers of tacca oceanica.
Called also salep, and salop; it was a greasy-looking beverage, sold much on stalls in the early morning.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England | Richard Valpy Frenchsalep, sal′ep, n. the dried tubers of Orchis mascula: the food prepared from it.
Red Port wine was now given more freely in his medicated water; and his nourishment consisted of sago and salep.
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air | Joseph PriestleyIf too much salep is added, it gives its peculiar flavour to the bread.
British Dictionary definitions for salep
/ (ˈsælɛp) /
the dried ground starchy tubers of various orchids, used for food and formerly as drugs
Origin of salep
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