Definition of Salep

1. n. 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.

Definition of Salep

1. Noun. A starch or jelly made out of orchid-like plants. ¹

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Definition of Salep

1. a starchy meal ground from the roots of certain orchids [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salep

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Literary usage of Salep

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"The salep imported from Persia, which is sold in the bazaars of Smyrna and ... The salep is in great reputation among the Turks as a strengthening medicine, ..."

2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Radix salep, Radix ... Europe and Northern Asia are provided with tubers which, when duly prepared, are capable of furnishing salep. ..."

3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1822)
"Action of Magnesia on salep. M. Brandes, of Hoxter, has made some experiments on a compound which is formed when calcined magnesia is put into a solution of ..."

4. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Royal salep—Fio. 3, the* bulb, Fio. 1, after maceration in water. Fio. 4, longitudinal section of a bulb after maceration. as that seen in the drug under ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"salep, Salop, or Saloop, a nutritious article of diet, much valued in the East for its supposed ... salep consists of the tubers of different species of Or- ..."

6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The mucilage is prepared by dissolving the powdered salep in hot water, with assiduous stirring, and adding to the solution sugar and ..."

7. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"The salep imported from Persia, which is sold in the bazaars of Smyrna and ... The salep is in great reputation among the Turks as a strengthening medicine, ..."

8. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Radix salep, Radix ... Europe and Northern Asia are provided with tubers which, when duly prepared, are capable of furnishing salep. ..."

9. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1822)
"Action of Magnesia on salep. M. Brandes, of Hoxter, has made some experiments on a compound which is formed when calcined magnesia is put into a solution of ..."

10. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Royal salep—Fio. 3, the* bulb, Fio. 1, after maceration in water. Fio. 4, longitudinal section of a bulb after maceration. as that seen in the drug under ..."

11. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"salep, Salop, or Saloop, a nutritious article of diet, much valued in the East for its supposed ... salep consists of the tubers of different species of Or- ..."

12. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The mucilage is prepared by dissolving the powdered salep in hot water, with assiduous stirring, and adding to the solution sugar and ..."

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