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Definition of pubescence in English: pubescencenoun pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nsˌpjuˈbɛsəns mass noun1The time when puberty begins. 进入青春期（或发育期） Example sentencesExamples - Back in the days of my earliest pubescence, the nice ladies in long black robes confronted all us nice little girls in pigtails with our first major spiritual crisis.
- Like in every family gathering with mothers hoping to become grandmothers, and young men and women in the throes of late pubescence, sex is the gossamer web that holds all discourse together.
- Recently, I wondered aloud about the seemingly substantial number of Great Writers who suffered brothel-related misadventures/trauma in pubescence.
- And all this ‘being acted upon’ and individual choice-making eventually, in pubescence and later, mysteriously results in differing sorts of desires and attractions and actions.
- 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.
Synonyms adolescence, sexual maturity, growing up 2Zoology Botany
Soft down on the leaves and stems of plants or on various parts of animals, especially insects. 〔植，动〕绒毛，短柔毛 Example sentencesExamples - Dense leaf pubescence is widespread among plants growing at very high elevations.
- He gave special attention to the pubescence of the leaves and of the calyces.
- This group is supported by the presence of sparse or early-deciduous stem pubescence and carnose leaves.
- Variation, particularly in leaf shape and pubescence, is considerable in the genus as a whole.
- Leaf pubescence in cotton have a potential for insect pest management.
OriginLate Middle English: from French, or from medieval Latin pubescentia, from Latin pubescent- 'reaching puberty' (see pubescent). Rhymesacquiescence, adolescence, arborescence, coalescence, convalescence, deliquescence, effervescence, essence, evanescence, excrescence, florescence, fluorescence, incandescence, iridescence, juvenescence, luminescence, obsolescence, opalescence, phosphorescence, putrescence, quiescence, quintessence Definition of pubescence in US English: pubescencenounˌpjuˈbɛsənsˌpyo͞oˈbesəns 1The time when puberty begins. 进入青春期（或发育期） Example sentencesExamples - Recently, I wondered aloud about the seemingly substantial number of Great Writers who suffered brothel-related misadventures/trauma in pubescence.
- Like in every family gathering with mothers hoping to become grandmothers, and young men and women in the throes of late pubescence, sex is the gossamer web that holds all discourse together.
- And all this ‘being acted upon’ and individual choice-making eventually, in pubescence and later, mysteriously results in differing sorts of desires and attractions and actions.
- Back in the days of my earliest pubescence, the nice ladies in long black robes confronted all us nice little girls in pigtails with our first major spiritual crisis.
- 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.
Synonyms adolescence, sexual maturity, growing up 2Botany Zoology
Soft down or fine short hairs on the leaves and stems of plants or on various parts of animals, especially insects. 〔植，动〕绒毛，短柔毛 Example sentencesExamples - This group is supported by the presence of sparse or early-deciduous stem pubescence and carnose leaves.
- Leaf pubescence in cotton have a potential for insect pest management.
- Dense leaf pubescence is widespread among plants growing at very high elevations.
- He gave special attention to the pubescence of the leaves and of the calyces.
- Variation, particularly in leaf shape and pubescence, is considerable in the genus as a whole.
OriginLate Middle English: from French, or from medieval Latin pubescentia, from Latin pubescent- ‘reaching puberty’ (see pubescent). |