salep

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salep
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A starch or jelly made out of orchid-like plants
{n} the roots of a species of orchis
It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia
Turkish - English
salep (a hot drink made with powdered salep)
salep, sahlep; drink made from sahlep root in hot milk and cinnamon
salep, saleb (the dried tubers of certain orchids)
(Tıp) orchis
salep
salep otu
orchis
salep otu
(Tabiat Doğa) (bitki, Fam: orkidegiller,salepgiller,sahlebiye) [syn.: salep otu, tilki tırnağı] early purple orchid
salep

    Hyphenation

    sa·lep

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    Etymology

    [ 'sa-l&p, s&-'lep ] (noun.) 1736. Turkish salep, from Arabic سحلب (saḥlab). Online Etymology Dictionary. 2008.
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