Marchpane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  marchpane
       n : almond paste and egg whites [syn: {marzipan}]