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• plural of taste bud.

taste buds

Cultural  

1. Oval-shaped clusters of cells located on the tongue and lining of the mouth that contain special nerve endings that help give rise to the sense of taste.

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They can help your gut, your blood pressure, your cholesterol—and your taste buds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

I’d say it depends on the dish — and leave the rest to your personal taste buds.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

“We try to have our tastings at 11 in the morning because there’s a science where you need to be needing lunch—your taste buds need to be ready to eat,” Hernandez said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

After a long winter of braises and browns, this dish felt familiar yet surprising: comforting, beige at its base, but with a spark that made my sleepy taste buds sit up.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025

He has painted my tongue blue so that we can easily count the number of whitish taste buds inside the circle of the reinforcement.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

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