pubescent

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”)

[edit] Adjective

pubescent (comparative more pubescent, superlative most pubescent)

  1. arriving or arrived at puberty
  2. (botany, zoology) covered with down or fine hair

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[edit] Translations

arriving at puberty

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[edit] Verb

pūbēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of pūbēscō
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