salep
Plural: saleps
Noun
- A starchy flour made from dried orchid tubers, used in drinks.
- A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
- Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”).
Examples
- Playing the obscure SALEP impressed his opponent, who had never heard of the word.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 7
salep: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsalep: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
salep: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
salep: valid Words With Friends Word