Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the peculiar ovoidal or flask-shaped bodies, composed of modified epithelium-cells embedded in the epithelium, covering the sides of the papillæ vallatæ, and, in man and some other animals, also upon the opposed walls of the vallum. They are believed to be special organs of taste. Also called taste-bulb, taste-goblet, gustatory bud.
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Examples
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So what the heck is left for us to eat that can send us into that same taste-bud heaven?
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The restaurant prepares meals for his movie sets -- no, not the early ones in which his best friend and cross-dressing muse, Divine, was violating taste-bud taboos, but the bigger-budgeted star vehicles.
In his new book, 'Role Models,' filmmaker John Waters reflects on those who made him such a contradiction Ned Martel 2010
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Let both mix and melt until it becomes a raging, ravishing, taste-bud orgy inside you just like the DVD you just rented!!
Mosh Potatoes Steve “Buckshot” Seabury 2010
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Let both mix and melt until it becomes a raging, ravishing, taste-bud orgy inside you just like the DVD you just rented!!
Mosh Potatoes Steve “Buckshot” Seabury 2010
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"It's surprisingly good, like a taste-bud safari."
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Because I do need my caffeine fix to not only keep my fuel going but as well to keep up with all my clients 'high maintenance caffeinated taste-bud antics.
Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2009
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Next comes a Maharashtrian relish that is as fiery as can be: Thecha translates as pounded in Marathi and is nothing but garlic and chillies pounded together into a taste-bud tingling dip.
Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007
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Growing these blasts of taste-bud bliss requires obstinacy, perseverance, and above all, passion.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Growing these blasts of taste-bud bliss requires obstinacy, perseverance, and above all, passion.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Growing these blasts of taste-bud bliss requires obstinacy, perseverance, and above all, passion.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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