pubescent

Adjective
Synonyms: downypuberulentsericeous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  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. covered with fine soft hairs or down“downy milkweed seeds”Synonyms: downypuberulentsericeous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\ (p[-u]"b[e^]s"sent), a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.]

1.Arrived recently at puberty. [1913 Webster]

That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth.— Sir T. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants. [1913 Webster]

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