pubescence

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pjuːˈbesəns/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pu•bes•cent /pyuˈbɛsənt/USA pronunciation   adj. [before a noun]
  1. Developmental Biologyarriving or having arrived at puberty.
pu•bes•cence, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pu•bes•cent  (pyo̅o̅ bes′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Developmental Biologyarriving or arrived at puberty.
  2. Botany, Zoology, Botanycovered with down or fine short hair.
  • Latin pūbēscent- (stem of pūbēscēns), present participle of pūbēscere to attain puberty, reach puberty, become hairy or downy. See pubes1, -escent
  • 1640–50
pu•bes′cence, pu•bes′cen•cy, n. 

'pubescence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
canescent - cottonweed - down - dusty miller - eriophyllous - glabrous - hypogonadism - naked - puberty - silverweed - tomentum - wool - woolly

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