a springtime vegetable like celery, parsley or potato
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Parsley, celery, or other green vegetable dipped in salt water and used at the Passover seder.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Karpas is one of the traditional rituals in the Passover Seder. It refers to dipping a vegetable in some liquid and eating it. Vegetables used include potatoes, celery, parsley, radishes and others.