Taste

Taste

Taste, gustatory perception, or gustation is one of the five traditional senses. Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with receptors of taste buds.

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Famous quotes containing the word taste:

    “I was to taste in little the grief
    That comes of dogs’ lives being so brief....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

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