zest

Flavor or piquancy.

Interest or excitement.

The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring.

Spirited enjoyment; gusto.

To remove small pieces from (a rind from a citrus fruit) for use as a flavoring in cooking.

To add a zest or relish to; make piquant, literally or figuratively.

To cut, as the peel of an orange or a lemon from top to bottom into thin slips, or to squeeze, as orange-peel, over the surface of anything.

The dry woody membrane covering or forming the partitions of a walnut or other nut or fruit, as an orange or a lemon.

A piece of the outer rind of an orange or lemon used as a flavoring or for preserving; also, oil squeezed from such a rind to flavor liquor, etc.