pubescence
[noun]
Synonyms: youth, adolescence, greenness, juvenility, puberty, spring, springtide, springtime, youthfulness, youthhood

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pubescence noun. [pjʊ'bɛs(ǝ)ns] LME.
[French, or medieval Latin pubescentia, formed as PUBESCENT: see -ENCE.]
1. The fact or condition of arriving or having arrived at puberty. LME.

2. Botany & Zoology. The soft down which grows on the leaves, stems, etc., of many plants and on certain animals; the character or condition of being covered with this. M18.

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