单词 | palate |
释义 | pal·ate (pălĭt) n. 1. The roof of the mouth in vertebrates having a complete or partial separation of the oral and nasal cavities and consisting of the hard palate and the soft palate. 2. Botany The projecting part on the lower lip of a bilabiate corolla that closes the throat, as in a snapdragon. 3. The sense of taste: delicacies pleasing to the most refined palate. [Middle English, from Old French palat, from Latin palātum, perhaps of Etruscan origin.] |
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