persipan

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noun

A substance similar to marzipan, but produced from peach or apricot pits instead of almonds.

OriginGerman Persipan ← Latin persicus →
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Meanings

nounpersipan (usually uncountable, plural persipans)

plural persipans · alternative parzipan

  1. uncountableusuallyA substance similar to marzipan, but produced from peach or apricot pits instead of almonds.

Origin

  1. GermanMarzipan
  2. Latinpersicus“peach (tree)”
  3. GermanPersipan
  4. Englishpersipan

Borrowed from German Persipan, a blend of Latin persicus (“peach (tree)”) and German Marzipan.

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Translations

German Persipan
  • Persipanmarzipan-like substance made from peach or apricot pits
Polish percepan
  • percepanmarzipan-like substance made from peach or apricot pits
Cite this entry
APA

persipan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persipan

MLA

“persipan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persipan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “persipan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persipan.

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