Palate

n. [Lat. palatum, It. palato, Fr. palais, Pr. paladar, paladel, Sp. & Pg. paladar.]

1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. The fixed portion is called the hard palate, to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain continuous with its posterior margin, called the soft palate. The soft palate aids in deglutition.
2. The seat or power of gustation; relish; taste; — a use of the word originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the instrument of taste.

Hard task to hit the palates of such guests. Pope. 3. Mental relish; intellectual taste. Men of nice palates could not relish Aristotle as dressed up by the schoolmen. Baker. 4. (Bot.) The convex base of the lower lip of a personate corolla.