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  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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