taste bud

1. 1.

   an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue

   Synonymstastebudgustatory organ

   Broaderchemoreceptor

   Part oftonguepalateepiglottisthroat

   Partsneuroepitheliumtaste cell

Questions about taste bud

What does taste bud mean?

taste bud means "an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue".

What is another word for taste bud?

Close synonyms include tastebud, gustatory organ. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taste bud a common word?

taste bud is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.