PUBIC HAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pubic hair mean? 

• PUBIC HAIR (noun)
  The noun PUBIC HAIR has 1 sense:

1. hair growing in the pubic area

  Familiarity information: PUBIC HAIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBIC HAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hair growing in the pubic area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bush; crotch hair; pubic hair

Hypernyms ("pubic hair" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pubic hair"):

minge (vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals)

Holonyms ("pubic hair" is a part of...):

adult body (the body of an adult human being)

 Context examples 

Infestation of the pubic hair by the pthirus pubis parasite which results in mild to intense itching and macular lesions.

(Pediculosis Pubis, NCI Thesaurus)