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单词 taste bud
释义

taste bud

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noun

one of numerous small, flask-shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste.

Origin of taste bud

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby taste bud

tassel flower, tasset, tassie, Tasso, taste, taste bud, taste buds, taste cell, tasteful, taste hair, tasteless
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Example sentences from the Web for taste bud

  • Anchoring herself by magnetic processes, she began to weave the atmosphere delicately with her taste-bud tendrils.

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British Dictionary definitions for taste bud

taste bud

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for taste bud

taste bud

n.

One of a number of flask-shaped receptor cell nests located in the epithelium of the papillae of the tongue and in the soft palate, epiglottis, and pharynx that mediate the sense of taste.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for taste bud

taste bud
[ tāst ]

Any of numerous sense organs in most vertebrate animals that are specialized to detect taste. Taste buds are sensitive to four types of taste: sweet, sour, salty, or bitter. In land vertebrates, the taste buds are found on the surface of the tongue. Fish have taste buds all over their bodies.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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