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2 words match “AFTERTASTE”

AFTERTASTE n.
A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
BUTYRIC a.
ily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.