taste sensation(n = noun.cognition) gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
is a kind of aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
has particulars: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang, sugariness, sweet, sweetness, sour, sourness, tartness, bitter, bitterness, salinity, salt, saltiness, astringence, astringency, finish, flatness, mellowness

acquired taste, auditory sensation, bad taste, change taste, cutaneous sensation, good taste, gustatory sensation, haptic sensation, in good taste, olfactory sensation, pain sensation, painful sensation, poor taste, pressure sensation, sensation, sense of taste, skin sensation, somatic sensation, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, taste, taste bud, taste cell, taste maker, taste perception, taste property, taste tester, touch sensation, visual sensation