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sa⋅por

[sey-per, -pawr]
–noun
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
Also, British, sapour.


Origin:
1470–80; < L; see savor
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sa·por   (sā'pər, -pôr')   
n.  A quality perceptible to the sense of taste; flavor.

[Middle English, from Latin, from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
sa'po·rif'ic (sā'pə-rĭf'ĭk, sāp'ə-), sa'po·rous (sā'pər-əs, sāp'ər-) adj.
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