Found 2 items, similar to Pubescent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pubescent pubescent adj 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” [syn: downy, puberulent, sericeous]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pubescent Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\, a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.] 1. Arrived 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]