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Definitions
A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
Word origin
Borrowed from French salep, from Turkish salep, from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab, “type of orchid”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Arabic word is said to be a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) (الثَعْلَب (aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox”) + خُصًى (ḵuṣan, “testicles”)), referring to the testicle-like root tubers.
Used in a sentence
“In Turkey, Iran, and Syria salep is popular as a restorative and also as a provocative to amatory activity.”
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