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pubescent
pu·bes·cent P0642300 (pyo͞o-bĕs′ənt)adj.1. Reaching or having recently reached puberty.2. Covered with short hairs or soft down.
[Latin pūbēscēns, pūbēscent-, present participle of pūbēscere, to reach puberty, from pūbēs, adult.]pubescent (pjuːˈbɛsənt) adj1. (Physiology) arriving or having arrived at puberty2. (Biology) (of certain plants and animals or their parts) covered with a layer of fine short hairs or down[C17: from Latin pūbēscere to reach manhood, from pūber adult] puˈbescence npu•bes•cent (pyuˈbɛs ənt)
adj. 1. arriving or arrived at puberty. 2. Bot., Zool. covered with down or fine short hairs. [1640–50; < Latin pūbēscent- (s. of pūbēscēns), present participle of pūbēscere to attain puberty, become hairy or downy. See pubes1, -escent] pu•bes′cence, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | 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"immature - not yet mature | | 2. | pubescent - covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"puberulent, sericeous, downybiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismshaired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" |
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pubescent
pubescent1. arriving or having arrived at puberty 2. (of certain plants and animals or their parts) covered with a layer of fine short hairs or down pubescent
pubescent [pu-bes´ent] 1. arriving at the age of puberty.2. covered with down or lanugo.pu·bes·cent (pyū-bes'ĕnt), Pertaining to pubescence.pubescent (pyo͞o-bĕs′ənt)adj.1. Reaching or having recently reached puberty.2. Covered with short hairs or soft down.pu·bes·cent (pyū-bes'ĕnt) Pertaining to pubescence. pubescent (of plant structures) covered with fine hairs.pubescent
Synonyms for pubescentadj (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully matureRelated Wordsadj covered with fine soft hairs or downSynonymsRelated Words- biological science
- biology
- haired
- hairy
- hirsute
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