Adjective: pubescent pyoo'be-sunt
- (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"
- (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down
"pubescent milkweed seeds";
- downy, puberulent, sericeous
See also: haired, hairy, hirsute, immature
Encyclopedia: Pubescent