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(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" downy: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
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| pubes |
the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
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| pubescence |
puberty: the time of life when sex glands become functional
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| pubescent |
[pew-BESS-ent] covered with short, downy hairs (opposite = glabrous).
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| pubescent |
coated with very soft, fine wool, hair or down, which is short and not crowded. See villous, tomentous.
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