Flavor

n. [O. Eng. flayre, smell, odor, O. Fr. flair, Catalan flaira, Pg. cheiro, from Fr. flairer, Pr. & Catalan flairar, Pg. cheirar (fl equivalent to Pg. ch), to scent, to smell, from Lat. fragrare, to emit a smell or fragrance, changed into flagrare; or perhaps the word was originally used of the fine yellow color of wine, and hence transferred to its taste, from Lat. flavus, yellow. Cf. Pr. flavor, yellowish color, L. Lat. flavor, yellow gold.] [Written also flavour.]

1. That quality of any thing which affects the smell; odor; fragrance; as, the flavor of a rose.
2. That quality of any thing which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; savor; as, the flavor of wine.
3. That which imparts to any thing a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate.