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salep

/sal-ep/US // ˈsæl ɛp //UK // (ˈsælɛp) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.

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Examples

  • Tacca starch or Otaheite187 salep; from the tubers of tacca oceanica.

  • Called also salep, and salop; it was a greasy-looking beverage, sold much on stalls in the early morning.

  • Salep, sal′ep, n. the dried tubers of Orchis mascula: the food prepared from it.

  • Red Port wine was now given more freely in his medicated water; and his nourishment consisted of sago and salep.

  • If too much salep is added, it gives its peculiar flavour to the bread.