pubescent

pu·bes·cent  (py-bsnt)

adj.

1. Reaching or having reached puberty.

2. Covered with short hairs or soft down.

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[Latin pbscns, pbscent-, present participle of pbscere, to reach puberty, from pbs, adult.]

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pubescent [pjuːˈbɛs^ənt]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) arriving or having arrived at puberty

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of certain plants and animals or their parts) covered with a layer of fine short hairs or down

[from Latin pūbēscere to reach manhood, from pūber adult]

pubescence  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, downy biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

Translations

pubescent [pjuːˈbesənt]

A. ADJ → pubescente

B. N → pubescente mf

pubescent [pjuːˈbɛs^ənt] (formal) adj → pubère

pubescent

adj → pubertierend

pubescent [pjuːˈbɛsənt] adj (girl, boy) → pubere, nell'età puberale; (age) → puberale