Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gustation \Gus*ta"tion\, n. [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
   The act of tasting. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

Source : WordNet®

gustation
     n : the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of
         taste" [syn: {taste}, {sense of taste}, {gustatory
         modality}]