GUSTATORY SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gustatory sensation mean? 

• GUSTATORY SENSATION (noun)
  The noun GUSTATORY SENSATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GUSTATORY SENSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUSTATORY SENSATION (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation

Context example:

the melon had a delicious taste

Hypernyms ("gustatory sensation" is a kind of...):

aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gustatory sensation"):

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)