Pu-bĕs'çent, a.
a. [Lat. pubescens, p. pr. of pubescere, to reach the age of puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, from pubes, q. v.; Fr. pubescent, Sp. & It. pubescente.] 1. Arriving at puberty. That ... the men [are] pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. Browne.
- (Bot.) Covered with pubescence, as the leaves of plants.
- (Zoöl.) Covered with very fine, recumbent, short hairs. Brande.