bitter herb
nounDefinition of bitter herb
1 : an annual centaury (Centaurium umbellatum) with purplish rose flowers in dense clusters
2 : turtlehead
3 : a salad usually of horseradish and sometimes supplemented by cos lettuce eaten during the seder of Passover as maror with bitter herbs they shall eat it — Exodus 12:8 (Authorized Version)
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