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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

• a strong liking

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• a brief experience of something

• a small amount eaten or drunk

• the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

verb

• have flavor; taste of something

• perceive by the sense of taste

• take a sample of

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• distinguish flavors

• experience briefly

75%8Exact Match!
noun

• the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

26%11 Congenital condition causing a split in the roof of the mouth
noun

• a congenital fissure of the hard palate

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