taste bud

noun

: an end organ mediating the sensation of taste and lying chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue

Examples of taste bud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s no shortage of food--there are over 1400 restaurants to please every taste bud. —Ronny Maye, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025

Different parts of the taste buds are being stimulated. —Alix Strauss, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025

Food and wine lovers in the South, get ready to give your taste buds a treat. —Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2025

Our drinks, inspired by The White Lotus, are here to take your taste buds on vacation: The Lotus – Jasmine wine and Sicilian vibes, straight from Season 2 in Taormina. —Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for taste bud

• waterflood
• blood
• crud
• dud
• flood
• mud
• rud
• scud
• spud
• stud
• thud
• lifeblood

Kids Definition

taste bud

noun

: any of the sense organs by means of which taste is recognized and which are usually on the surface of the tongue

Medical Definition

taste bud

noun

: an end organ that mediates the sensation of taste, lies chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue and especially in the walls of the circumvallate papillae, and consists of a conical or flask-shaped mass made up partly of supporting cells and partly of neuroepithelial sensory cells terminating peripherally in short hairlike processes which project into the pore in the overlying epithelium and by which communication with the mouth cavity is effected