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Definition of: salep
(sal′ep) noun
A farinaceous meal obtained from the dry tubers of various orchids, used as food and formerly as medicine. [<F <Turkish sālep <Arabic tha'leb, sa'leb, prob. contraction of khasyu'th-tha'lab orchis, lit., fox's testicles]
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