"tastebud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tastebuds [plural]
Etymology: taste + bud Etymology templates: {{compound|en|taste|bud}} taste + bud Head templates: {{en-noun}} tastebud (plural tastebuds)
  1. (anatomy) Any of the small organs on the tongue used for tasting. Wikipedia link: tastebud Categories (topical): Anatomy, Taste Translations (a small organ on the tongue used for tasting): papil·la gustativa [feminine] (Catalan), 味蕾 (wèilěi) (Chinese Mandarin), smaakpapil [common-gender] (Dutch), makusilmu (Finnish), papille gustative [feminine] (French), papille (english: by ellipsis) [colloquial, feminine] (French), Geschmacksknospe [feminine] (German), ízlelőszemölcs (Hungarian), ízlelőbimbó (Hungarian), blaslóg [feminine] (Irish), papilla gustativa [feminine] (Italian), 味蕾 (mirai) (alt: みらい) (Japanese), 미뢰 (miroe) (alt: 味蕾) (Korean), tunas rasa [Rumi] (Malay), paerongo tāwara (Maori), амтлах хөхөнцөр (amtlax xöxöncör) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), амтны цоморлог (amtny comorlog) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), çêjegopke [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), gopikên tamê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), smaksløk [masculine] (Norwegian), kubek smakowy [masculine] (Polish), papila gustativa [feminine] (Portuguese), papilă gustativă [feminine] (Romanian), вкусово́й сосо́чек (vkusovój sosóček) [masculine] (Russian), papila gustativa [feminine] (Spanish), smaklök [common-gender] (Swedish), ตุ่มรับรส (dtùm-ráp-rót) (Thai), смакови́й сосо́чок (smakovýj sosóčok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), blasbwynt (Welsh)

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