marzipan

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  1. noun A confection made of ground almonds or almond paste, egg whites, and sugar, often molded into decorative shapes.

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  • Did you know marzipan originated in Persia (Iran today)? —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
  • Aside from her confession that she can only cook marzipan (huh?), what these misbegotten misfits discover about themselves is equally macabre and wonderful. —  New York Press
  • Return to the oven for 5 minutes until the marzipan is golden, then remove and cool —  Entertainment - Female First
  • Bags of German candies, marzipan or liquor-filled chocolates can't miss. —  The DC Traveler
  • The earth underneath is marzipan, using whole instead of the traditional blanched almonds to give it texture. —  ma'ona
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  1. German, from Italian marzapane, container of a standard size, marzipan, from obsolete Italian, fine box for rare coins or comfits, perhaps from Arabic mawṯabān, king on the throne, Byzantine coin with enthroned Christ figure, perhaps from Aramaic mawtəbā, mawtəbānā, seat, throne, from yəteb, to sit; see wṯb in Semitic roots.
 

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