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GUSTATORY ORGAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
Synonyms:
gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gustatory organ" is a kind of...):
chemoreceptor (a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli)
Meronyms (parts of "gustatory organ"):
neuroepithelium (epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings)
gustatory cell; taste cell (an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve)
Holonyms ("gustatory organ" is a part of...):
clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)
epiglottis (a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing)
palate; roof of the mouth (the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities)
pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)
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