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What does pubescence mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pubescence? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The state of being in or reaching puberty.
  2. (anatomy) A covering of fine, soft hairs.
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Girls experience epiphyseal closure of long bones secondary to estrogen secretion, grow approximately two to eight inches in height, and gain 15 to 65 lb during pubescence.
He gave special attention to the pubescence of the leaves and of the calyces.
The green leaves are small, bright, glossy green in colour often covered with a downy silvery pubescence and long buds.
Leaf pubescence in cotton have a potential for insect pest management.
Since the nineteen-twenties, white teen-agers have used black music as the Muzak of their pubescence.
Variation, particularly in leaf shape and pubescence, is considerable in the genus as a whole.

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