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saleps

saleps is the plural of salep.

Meaning of salep

Noun

salep (countable and uncountable, plural saleps)

  1. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
    • Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making...1800, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect. XI. Of Draining and Watering Lands.”, in Phytologia: Or The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved...

Questions about saleps

What is saleps the plural of?
Saleps is the plural of salep.

Words near saleps in the dictionary

  1. Salenger
  2. salenixon
  3. Salentine
  4. Salento
  5. salep
  6. saleps
  7. saler
  8. saleratus
  9. saleratuses
  10. salering
  11. salerings

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