flavorous
Americanadjective
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I view the waters quivering; quaff the breeze, Whose briny raciness keeps an under taste Of flavorous tropic sweets, perchance swept home From Cuba's perfumed groves and garden spiceries.
From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson
The queen, assiduous to her train assigns The sumptuous viands, and the flavorous wines.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
Who made the splendid rose Saturate with purple glows; Cupped to the marge with beauty; a perfume-press Whence the wind vintages Gushes of warm-ed fragrance richer far Than all the flavorous ooze of Cyprus' vats?
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
To this kind of stuff the addition of a small amount of some flavorous material is very useful.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
The more meaty and flavorous the persimmons, the richer will be the beer.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
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