flavor means: Add seasonings or other ingredients to food or beverages to improve taste. (in Cooking Dictionary)
What else does flavor mean?
An intangible, distinctive quality that is characteristic of something. (in Merlin Dictionary)
Six types of quarks (down, up and strange charm), can be distinguished by their generation, electric charge and mass. (in Merlin Dictionary)
Six types of leptons (electron neutrino and electron neutrino; muon, muon neuino; tauon, tau-neuino), can be distinguished using generation, electric charge and mass. (in Merlin Dictionary)