About The Word Pubescent
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What's The Definition Of Pubescent?
[adj] (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[adj] (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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pubescent: downy | hairy | hirsute | immature | puberulent | sericeous Related Terms | Find terms related to Pubescent: See Also | Pubescent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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