Seph. /khah rddaw"set/ ; Ashk. /khah rddoh"sis/ , n. Hebrew.
a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
Also, haroset, charoseth, charoset .
[ haroseth, akin to harsith pottery clay ]