GUSTATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gustatory mean? 

• GUSTATORY (adjective)
  The adjective GUSTATORY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to gustation

  Familiarity information: GUSTATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUSTATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to gustation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

gustative; gustatorial; gustatory

Pertainym:

taste (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Derivation:

gustation (the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth)

 Context examples 

He was the food, and the sight of him excited in her the gustatory sensations.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Ebbits drooled a little and stopped his rocking very frequently to lean forward and thrust his tremulous nose nearer to the source of gustatory excitement.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)