1.
[syn: marzipan, marchpane]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Marchpane \March"pane`\, n. [Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,.
massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis
bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name
of the inventor.]
A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds
and sugar. Called also marzipan. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
marzipan \mar"zi*pan`\ (m[aum]r"z[i^]*p[a^]n`), n.
A confection made of almonds and sugar mixed into a paste and
molded into shapes. Same as marchpane.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
marzipan
n 1: almond paste and egg whites [syn: marzipan, marchpane]