AskDefine | Define puberulent

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puberulent adj : covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: downy, pubescent, sericeous]

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Etymology

From the Latin puber, (downy, adult) + -ulent, from ulentus, (abounding in).

Adjective

puberulent
  1. covered in soft, downy hairs

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