gustatory

Definitions

From Latin gustāre (to taste) + -ory (relating to). The literal, scientific member of the family: 'relating to the sense of taste.' Unlike disgust and gusto, it never turned metaphorical — it stays in labs, anatomy, and food writing: gustatory receptors, gustatory pleasure.

Common Collocations

• 1.gustatory receptors味觉感受器
• 2.gustatory pleasure味觉享受
• 3.gustatory perception味觉感知
• 4.gustatory system味觉系统

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The tongue's gustatory receptors detect sweet and bitter tastes.

• 2.

  A fine meal offers both visual and gustatory pleasure.

• 3.

  Researchers studied how smell shapes gustatory perception.

Easily Confused

gustatory vs olfactory — gustatory is taste (the tongue); olfactory is smell (the nose). They work together at meals, which is why people mix them up, but they are different senses.