maror

noun

ma·​ror

variants or less commonly moror

mäˈrō(ə)r,

-rȯ(ə)r,

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗

plural maror also moror

: the bitter herbs (as horseradish) eaten by Jews at the Passover seder to symbolize the bitterness of the Egyptian oppression of the Israelites

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew mārōr

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