Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

gustatio

: cf. F.

gustation

The act of tasting.

[R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

The act of tasting. [Little used.]

gustation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural gustations)

The act of tasting.
- 1841, Robley Dunglison, Human Physiology, page 109
  The organ of gustation is not, therefore, restricted to the production of that sense, but participates in the sense of touch.
The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.

The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste