pubescent.

1. Covered with short, soft hairs or down.

2. Entering or passing through the developmental changes of puberty.

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Words that belong together

• pubescent leaves
• a pubescent stem

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The pubescent stem held small droplets among its short hairs.

She turned the pubescent leaves to compare their upper and lower surfaces.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Relational or descriptive adjective; more/most only where a natural degree exists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.