pubescent

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

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 (Freq. 3)
- the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy
• Similar to:
immature
• Derivationally related forms:
pubescence
2. covered with fine soft hairs or down
- downy milkweed seeds
• Syn:
downy, puberulent, sericeous
• Similar to:
hairy, haired, hirsute
• Derivationally related forms:
down (for: downy), downiness (for: downy)
• Topics:
biology, biological science

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  downy, puberulent, sericeous