Definition of "marzipan" []

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

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• "For lunch, macaroons and white chocolates filled with marzipan from the farmer's market near Wall Street."
• "They're little cakes that are brushed with an apirot glaze, coated in marzipan and then topped with poured fondant."
• "I then rolled out 2 mooshed together 7 oz packages of Odense marzipan from the supermarket."