D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pubescent

/(pū̇"bĕs"sent)/ · Pu·bes·cent · IPA /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/
01 a. Arrived recently at puberty.
  1. 1.
    Arrived recently at puberty.
    “That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth.” Sir T. Browne.
  2. 2.
    Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.