tastant

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noun

Any substance that stimulates the sense of taste.

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Meanings

nountastant (plural tastants)

plural tastants

  1. Any substance that stimulates the sense of taste.

    Early structure-taste theories attempted to identify certain common structural features of tastants and to attribute a specific taste to these.

    2012, Trevor H. Grenby, Advances in Sweeteners, page 4

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

statant
Cite this entry
APA

tastant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tastant

MLA

“tastant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tastant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tastant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tastant.

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