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Pubescent

adjective
1.
(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.
2.
Covered with fine soft hairs or down.  Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous.





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"Pubescent" Quotes from Famous Books



... the choicest subjects for the shrubbery or edges of the woodland path. It is of easy though compact growth, reaching in favourable situations a height of 12 feet, and with ovate leaves that are slightly pubescent. Growing best in good fairly moist loam, where partial shade is afforded, the sides of woodland drives and paths will suit this Allspice well; but it wants plenty of room for branch-development. There are several nursery forms of this shrub, such as C. floridus glaucus, C. floridus asplenifolia, ...
— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster


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