PALATE

Palate

The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but, in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separate. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate .

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palate

Noun

  1. The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
  2. The sense of taste.
  3. relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
  4. Mental relish; intellectual taste.
  5. A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Verb

  1. To relish; to find palatable.


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