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sapid

\SAP-id\ , adjective:
1.Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor.
2.Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking.
形容词 a.
1.有味道的;有趣的
2.令人愉快的

Quotes:
Chemistry can concentrate the sapid and odorous elements of the peach and the bitter almond into a transparent fluid
~David William Cheever, "Tobacco", The Atlantic, August 1860
I've raved about the elegant and earthy lobster-and-truffle sausage, the sapid sea bass with coarse salt poached in lobster oil, and the indescribably complex and delectable ballottine of lamb stuffed with ground veal, sweet-breads and truffles.
~James Villas, "Why Taillevent thrives", Town & Country, March 1, 1998

Origin:
Sapid comes from Latin sapidus, "savory," from sapere, "to taste."