savor
noun
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
Example Sentences
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They were, as I expected, sitting around the fire eating their supper, and there came to my nostrils the savorous odour of roast pork.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
In moral man it is the sensation which the organ impressed by any savorous centre impresses on the common centre.
From The Physiology of Taste by Fayette Robinson
That is to say, the savorous particles must be dissolved in some fluid, so as to be subsequently absorbed by the nervous tubes, feelers, or tendrils, which cover the interior of the gastatory apparatus.
From The Physiology of Taste by Fayette Robinson
They seem to have done less to destroy life’s palate with the condiments of civilization, and therefore, still find plain things savorous.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier
Thereafter, on cushioned beds were repasts, long and savorous, eaten to the sound of crotal and of flute.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
