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Acid
adjective · 78% connection
Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Acrid
adjective · 78% connection
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Allspice
noun · 78% connection
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Ammonia
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hart…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Aromatic
noun · 78% connection
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Astringency
noun · 78% connection
a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Cajuput
noun · 78% connection
A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Calamus
noun · 78% connection
A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Capsicum
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Caraway
noun · 78% connection
A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Chloral
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcoho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Cinnamon
noun · 78% connection
The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Cress
noun · 78% connection
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Elecampane
noun · 78% connection
A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Entree
noun · 78% connection
In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a j…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Flavor
noun · 78% connection
That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Garlic
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
Haggada
noun · 78% connection
A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stimulating, taste, giving, zest, tart.
