taste bud
noun
: an end organ mediating the sensation of taste and lying chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue
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Dynamic Culinary Scene The city’s vibrant and rapidly rising culinary scene serves to tantalize taste buds.
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Shocking your taste buds with an electric salt spoon
Kirin Holdings has unveiled an innovative electric salt spoon that uses a mild electrical current to enhance food flavor without adding sodium.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Top One Hot Pot had a delicious sour, spicy Tom Yum soup that left my taste buds tingling.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
So consider this: Just as your tongue has taste buds, your mind has moral taste buds.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 15 Dec. 2024
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Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Shocking your taste buds with an electric salt spoon
Kirin Holdings has unveiled an innovative electric salt spoon that uses a mild electrical current to enhance food flavor without adding sodium.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Top One Hot Pot had a delicious sour, spicy Tom Yum soup that left my taste buds tingling.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
So consider this: Just as your tongue has taste buds, your mind has moral taste buds.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Taste bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taste%20bud. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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