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Definition of: pubescent
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·bes′ənt) adjective
1. Arriving or having arrived at puberty.
2. Biol. Covered with hairs, especially fine, soft, short hairs; hairy or downy, as leaves etc. [<MF <L pubescens, -entis, ppr. of pubescere become downy, attain puberty <pubes. See PUBES.]
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