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saloop

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6 lettersPronunciation /səˈluːp/Sorted aloopsStarts with SEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A sweet aromatic drink once made from salep or sassafras.

Word origin

A variant of salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”), originally a key ingredient in the drink.

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  • As an alternative to coffee – in periods such as the beginning of the eighteenth century, when it became expensive – a patron might request saloop.
  • SALOOP Rhagodia hastata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae / Deep-green perennial subshrub, usually about 25 cm high, with stems to 75 cm long, woody at base.
  • Red berry saltbush […] Other common name: saloop, berry saltbush

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