salop

Noun

saloop (usually uncountable, plural saloops)

1. (dated, usually) An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England.
   • Saſſafras is a warm ingredent, and where it is not made too ſtrong, ſo as to make the head ach, is a very good ſubstitute for breakfaſt, and as ſuch I recommend it to thoſe who do not care to be at the trouble to make any other drinks; this is the chief ingredient of what is called ſaloup, and ſold...[1775], F[rancis] Spilsbury, “Sect. VII. On Decoctions and Diet Drinks.”, in A Treatise on the Method of Curing the Gout, Scurvy, Leprosy, Elephantiasis, Evil, and Other Cutaneous Eruptions. Shewing...
2. (usually) The berry saltbush or red berry saltbush (Chenopodium hastatum, syn. Einadia hastata and Rhagodia hastata), a small plant found in coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia.
   • SALOOP Rhagodia hastata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae / Deep-green perennial subshrub, usually about 25 cm high, with stems to 75 cm long, woody at base.2011, G[eoffrey] M[cIver] Cunningham, W. E. Mulham, P. L. Milthorpe, J. H. Leigh, “Angiosperms (Dicots)”, in Plants of Western New South Wales, Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 278...