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That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.

Without flavor; tasteless.

Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid. Dryden.

East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.

The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.

aceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

ste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and…

To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

moschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.

To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.

rain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

or drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. Thomson.

s, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.

Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.

A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France. Burgundy pitch, a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are ma…

in; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.