Meaning Of The Word Taste bud

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Taste bud Meaning

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Taste bud Definition

What's The Definition Of Taste bud?

taste bud
Your taste buds are the little points on the surface of your tongue which enable you to recognize the flavour of a food or drink.

taste bud in American English
an oval cluster of cells embedded principally in the epithelium of the tongue and functioning as the sense organ of taste
one of numerous small, flask-shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste

taste bud in British English
noun: any of the elevated oval-shaped sensory end organs on the surface of the tongue, by means of which the sensation of taste is experienced

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