tastebud

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue gustatory organ, taste bud neuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings chemoreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli glossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - 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 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 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