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pubescent is an adjective meaning "(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". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(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”
covered with fine soft hairs or down
“downy milkweed seeds”
biology
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pubescent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.