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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ˈtaste ˌbud, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Anatomyone of many small bodies chiefly in the skin of the tongue, which are the ends of the organs for the sense of taste.
taste′ bud′,
- Anatomyone of numerous small, flask-shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste.
- 1885–90
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