📚 noun • entry_id 50267
salep
/ˈsæləp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
salep
A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
In Turkey, Iran, and Syria salep is popular as a restorative and also as a provocative to amatory activity.
The tubers of one [orchid] species, Orchis mascula, produce a flour called salep, which was made into a drink known as "saloop" in 18th-century London, as an alternative to coffee…
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