Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flavor \Fla"vor\, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor,
   cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob.
   fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf.
   {Blow}.] [Written also {flavour}.]
   1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor;
      fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

   2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that
      quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor;
      as, the flavor of food or drink.

   3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste,
      gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions
      of the palate; a substance which flavors.

   4. That quality which gives character to any of the
      productions of literature or the fine arts.

Source : WordNet®

flavour
     v : lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting
         it" [syn: {season}, {flavor}]

flavour
     n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the
          effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city
          excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the
          meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: {spirit},
          {tone}, {feel}, {feeling}, {flavor}, {look}, {smell}]
     2: (physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks [syn: {flavor}]
     3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
        the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {sapidity}, {savor}, {savour},
         {smack}, {tang}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

flavour
     
         (US: flavor) 1. Variety, type, kind.  "DDT commands
        come in two flavors."  "These lights come in two flavors, big
        red ones and small green ones."  See {vanilla}.
     
        2. The attribute that causes something to be {flavourful}.
        Usually used in the phrase "yields additional flavour".  "This
        convention yields additional flavor by allowing one to print
        text either right-side-up or upside-down."  See {vanilla}.
     
        This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of
        quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of,
        e.g. protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm,
        top, bottom) and three colours (red, blue, green), however,
        hackish use of "flavor" at {MIT} predated QCD.
     
        3. The term for "{class}" (in the {object-oriented} sense) in
        the {LISP Machine} {Flavors} system.  Though the Flavors
        design has been superseded (notably by the {Common LISP}
        {CLOS} facility), the term "flavor" is still used as a general
        synonym for "class" by some {Lisp} hackers.
     
        (1994-11-01)