[ 'saləp ]
■ noun a starchy preparation of the dried tubers of various orchids, used as a thickener in cookery, and formerly in medicines.
Origin
C18: from Fr., from Turk. sālep , from Arab. ( ḵuṛa-'ṯ-) ṯa῾lab , the name of an orchid (lit. 'fox's testicles').