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marzipan definition

mar·zi·pan (mär′zi pan′, märt′si-; -pän′)

noun

a confection of ground almonds, sugar, and egg white made into a paste and variously shaped and colored

Etymology: Ger < It marzapane, confection, earlier, the small box containing it, small dry measure, certain weight < ML matapanus, Venetian coin with figure of Christ on a throne < Ar mauthaban, seated king (< wathaba, to sit)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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