bitter herb
noun
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: an annual centaury (Centaurium umbellatum) with purplish rose flowers in dense clusters
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: 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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“Bitter herb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitter%20herb. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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