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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Example Sentences

Kim White, Levon’s mother, said she didn’t try sushi until she was an adult, and is amazed by her kids’ taste buds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 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

The kind that makes your mouth pucker and your tongue go numb from all the acids decimating your taste buds.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2025

What I didn’t know then — and have since learned — is that what was delighting my taste buds was a Mexican chili oil with roots in Orizaba, Veracruz, known as salsa macha.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Everyone, at some point, tried the Baghdad—"pure shock and awe to your taste buds," Baba always said.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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