- plural of taste bud.
taste buds
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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
“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
Just a little something to tickle my fickle taste buds.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2025
His taste buds seemed to have phased into the shadow world permanently.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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