palate, roof of the mouth
(noun) the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
palate (plural palates)
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth; the uraniscus.
The sense of taste.
(figuratively) relish; taste; liking (from the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste)
(figuratively) Mental relish; intellectual taste.
(botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
palate (third-person singular simple present palates, present participle palating, simple past and past participle palated)
(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
Synonym: stomach
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Source: Wiktionary
Pal"ate, n. Etym: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Pal"ate, v. t.
Definition: To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
