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bud¹	a small, round part, such as a taste bud. [1/3 definitions]
sense organ	a part of the body that takes in information and sends it to the brain. The eyes and the taste buds are sense organs.
taste bud	one of the bumps on the surface of the tongue that form the sense organ of taste. The taste buds sense whether something is sweet, sour, salty, or bitter.

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