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Pubescent
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.