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Example sentences for: buds

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I don't know whom Sarah Kerr hangs out with ("White Heat"), but Jimmy Cagney's stock has never slipped at all with my buds.
Typical taste buds contain 50-100 polarized taste cells, which extend from the basal lamina to the taste pore, where apical microvilli protrude into the oral cavity.
The article cites perceived intelligence and fluffiness as big plusses in the "don't eat" column, but fails to mention what historical role taste buds may have played.
Fungiform papillae are located on the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and typically contain 1-2 taste buds each.
Laser scanning confocal microscopy of the resultant sections was used to examine the distribution of IP 3 receptor immunoreactivity in rat circumvallate taste buds.