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adjectivecovered with fine soft hairs or down
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"the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"adjective(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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- viola pubescens violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins
- mustard tree glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
- silky willow North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- white-leaved rockrose compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers
- salix alba sericea North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- silver willow North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- cistus albidus compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers
- salix sericea North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
- toothbrush tree glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
- downy yellow violet violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins