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Webster 1913 Edition

(săl′ĕp)

Noun.

[Ar.

sahleb

, perhaps a corruption of an Arabic word for fox, one Ar. name of the orchis signifying literally, fox’s testicles: cf. F.

salep

[Written also

saleb

salop

, and

saloop

The dried tubers of various species of

Orchis

, and

Eulophia

. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.

U. S. Disp.

Noun.

[said to be a Turkish word; written also salop, saloop and saleb.]

In the materia medica, the dried root of a species of orchis; also, a preparation of this root to be used as food.