Noun: gustatory sensation
- The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
"The complex gustatory sensation of the wine impressed the sommelier";
- taste, taste sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
Derived forms: gustatory sensations
Type of: aesthesis, esthesis [US], sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
Encyclopedia: Gustatory sensation