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PUBESCENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pubescence mean?
• PUBESCENCE (noun)
The noun PUBESCENCE has 1 sense:
1. the time of life when sex glands become functional
Familiarity information: PUBESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life when sex glands become functional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
puberty; pubescence
Hypernyms ("pubescence" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("pubescence" is a part of...):
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
Derivation:
pubescent ((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)
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