salep
salep
[ˈsaləp]
noun
[ˈsaləp]
noun
- [mass noun]a starchy preparation of the dried tubers of various orchids, used as a thickener in cookery, and formerly in medicines and tonics
色利普粉，兰根粉
- mid 18th cent.: from French, from Turkish sālep, from Arabic (ḵuṣa-'ṯ-) ṯa‘lab, the name of an orchid (literally 'fox's testicles')
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