Search Result for "taste cell":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve;
[syn: taste cell, gustatory cell]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

taste cell
    n 1: an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory
         fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or
         the vagus nerve [syn: taste cell, gustatory cell]