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Answer for the clue "Starchy foodstuff ", 5 letters:
salep

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Word definitions for salep in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salep \Sal"ep\ (s[a^]l"[e^]p), n. [Ar. sahleb, perhaps a corruption of an Arabic word for fox, one Ar. name of the orchis signifying literally, fox's testicles: cf. F. salep.] The dried tubers of various species of Orchis , and Eulophia . It is used ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1736, "drug from starch or jelly made from dried tubers of orchid-like plants," from Turkish salep , from dialectal pronunciation of Arabic thaeleb , which usually is taken to be a shortening of khasyu 'th-thaeleb , literally "fox's testicles" (compare ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A starch or jelly made out of orchid-like plants.

Usage examples of salep.

A nutritive starchy product named Salep, or Saloop, is prepared from the roots of the common Male Orchis, and its infusion or decoction was taken generally in this country as a beverage before the introduction of tea and coffee.

One dram by weight of the salep powder in a fluid dram and a half of the spirit, to half-a-pint of water, are the proper proportions.

Lind, in the middle of the last century, strongly advised that ships, and soldiers on long marches, should be provided with Salep made into a paste or cake.

The roots of this Orchis abound with a glutinous sweetish juice, of which a Salep may be made which is quite equal to any brought from the Levant.

Taking some of the salep, I carefully mumbled the piecrust into the left side of my mouth.

She was propped against a reddish cushion, the empty salep cup by her side, and at the first glance I saw she was certainly not angry with me.

Eternity - I was permitted to take some salep, provided I brought my stitching with me.

At the head of a muddy street that wound on a hill behind an iron gate, the Mouse had a night job carrying trays of coffee and salep from the tea house through the herds of men who roamed back and forth by the narrow glass doors, crouching to stare at the women passing inside.