gustatory sensation
Noun
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The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus (synset 105723230)
"the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"is a type of: aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulationsubtypes:
- flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- sugariness, sweet, sweetness - the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- sour, sourness, tartness - the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- bitter, bitterness - the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- salinity, salt, saltiness - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
- astringence, astringency - a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- finish - (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- flatness - a deficiency in flavor
- mellowness - a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor
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