See Also: uvic(medicine)

marzipan (iou) and uvic (medicine)


marzipan (iou)



marzipan noun & adjective. . L15.
[German, earlier marcipan alt. (as if from Latin Marci panis Mark's bread) of marczapan from Italian marzapane.]
A. noun. A paste of ground almonds, sugar, etc., made up into small cakes or used as a coating on large cakes; a cake or shaped piece of this. L15.
B. adjective. Dainty, superfine. L16-M17.
Comb.: marzipan layer Finance (colloq.) the (tier of) executives ranking immediately below the partners in a firm.
marzipanned adjective covered with marzipan L20.

uvic (medicine)


uvic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

Origin: L. Uva grape.

Source: Websters Dictionary