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pubescent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\, a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr pubes pubes: cf F. pubescent.] 1. Arrived at puberty. That . . . the men are pubescent at the age of twice seven is accounted a punctual truth. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pubescent adj 1: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy" 2: (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: {downy}, {puberulent}, {sericeous}]
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