karpas

[ Sephardic Hebrew kahr-pahs; Ashkenazic Hebrew kahr-pahs ]

nounHebrew.
  1. a piece of parsley, celery, or similar green vegetable that is dipped in salt water and eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.

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