pubescence in English

noun

1

the time when puberty begins.

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 .

2

soft down or fine short hairs on the leaves and stems of plants or on various parts of animals, especially insects.

This group is supported by the presence of sparse or early-deciduous stem pubescence and carnose leaves.

noun

puberty

Use "pubescence" in a sentence

1. Scales and setae, with dense covering of fine white Aculeae (pubescence)

2. Anthocarp clavate, 3 - 5 mm, 5-ribbed, with viscid glands and sparse pubescence, apex rounded.

3. Leaf blade usually oblong to ovate Cordate or nearly so at base; leaf and fruit without pubescence

4. 5 Leaf blade usually oblong to ovate, cordate or nearly so at base; leaf and fruit without pubescence .

5. The pubescence (short Appressed hair) on the dorsum of the thorax may be black or white, sometimes yellowish

6. From the Cambridge English Corpus All types have silky and Adpressed pubescence on the pods, causing no stinging or itching

7. The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the art by providing methods for breeding soybean plants containing genomic regions associated with the pubescence alleles, T and Td, associated with increased grain yield.

8. ‘However, their Androecia and gynoecia present considerable diversity.’ ‘The Caribbean species differs in tepal pubescence as well as in important characters of the androecium and the relationship may not be so close as previously assumed.’

9. ‘However, their Androecia and gynoecia present considerable diversity.’ ‘The Caribbean species differs in tepal pubescence as well as in important characters of the androecium and the relationship may not be so close as previously assumed.’