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1. (adj.) pubescent
arriving or arrived at puberty.
2. pubescent
Bot., Zool. covered with down or fine short hairs.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L pūbēscent- (s. of pūbēscēns), prp. of pūbēscere to attain puberty, become hairy or downy. See pubes1, -escent)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pubescent
(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. (adj) downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
covered with fine soft hairs or down
"downy milkweed seeds"
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1. (adj) pubescent
arrived at puberty
2. (adj) pubescent
covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants
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