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sal⋅ep

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–noun
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
Origin:
1730–40; < Turk salep < dial. Ar saḥlab, perh. shortened var. of Ar khusā al-thaʿlab fox's testicles; cf. saloop
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sal·ep   (sāl'əp)   
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 sālep, from Arabic saḥlab, a kind of orchid, salep.]
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salep 
1736 (also saloop, 1712) "a starch or jelly made from dried tubers of orchid-like plants, formerly used as a drug," from Turk. salep, from dial. pronunciation of Arabic thaeleb, which usually is taken to be a shortening of khasyu 'th-thaeleb, lit. "fox's testicles" (cf. native Eng. name dogstones).
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Main Entry: sa·lep
Pronunciation: 'sal-&p, s&-'lep
Function: noun
: the starchy or mucilaginous dried tubers of various European orchids(genus Orchis) or East Indian orchids (genus Eulophia) used for food or in medicine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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