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Noun: gustatory perception
  1. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
    - taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception

Derived forms: gustatory perceptions

Type of: aesthesis, esthesis [US], sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression

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