Taste cell
taste cell n.
A darkly staining neuroepithelial cell in a taste bud that makes synaptic contact with sensory nerve fibers thus serving as receptors for taste. Also called gustatory cell.
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verb (used with object), tasted, tasting. 1. to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food. 2. to eat or drink a little of: She barely tasted her dinner. 3. to eat or drink (often used in negative constructions): He hadn’t tasted food for three […]
- Tasteful
adjective 1. having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room. adjective 1. indicating good taste: a tasteful design 2. a rare word for tasty
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taste hair n. Any of the hairlike projections of the gustatory cells of taste buds.
- Tasteless
adjective 1. having no taste or flavor; insipid. 2. dull; uninteresting. 3. lacking in aesthetic quality or capacity; devoid of good taste: a houseful of tasteless furnishings; a tasteless director of stale, dreary films. 4. lacking in politeness, seemliness, tact, etc.; unmannerly; insensitive: a tasteless remark. 5. lacking the physical sense of taste. adjective 1. […]
- Tastemaker
noun 1. a person or thing that establishes or strongly influences what is considered to be stylish, acceptable, or worthwhile in a given sphere of interest, as the arts. noun 1. a person or group that sets a new fashion