Thesaurus: pubescent

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1. a. Arrived at puberty.
2. a. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
3. 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
4. adj. covered with fine soft hairs or down
5. 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.
6. j:100 s. (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