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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: marchpane n : almond paste and egg whites [syn: {marzipan}]
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