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    TASTE BUD

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongueplay

    Synonyms:

    gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("taste bud" is a kind of...):

    chemoreceptor (a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli)

    Meronyms (parts of "taste bud"):

    neuroepithelium (epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings)

    gustatory cell; taste cell (an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve)

    Holonyms ("taste bud" is a part of...):

    clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

    epiglottis (a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing)

    palate; roof of the mouth (the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities)

    pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

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