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

This popular beer is really tapping into America’s taste buds. —Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025

This shift is terrific for our tickers—fish and seafood are rich in heart-healthy omega-3 fats—and for our taste buds. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025

With 14 different ethnic streets, visitors this year found something to please their taste buds, from Greek to German to Mexican food and much more. —Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025

The staple ingredient yields an ultra-moist crumb and keeps the sugar from taking over your taste buds. —Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 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