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marchpane


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  marchpane 
  n  :  almond  paste  and  egg  whites  [syn:  {marzipan}] 




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