puberulent

American  

[pyoo-ber-yuh-luhnt, -ber-uh-] / pyuˈbɛr yə lənt, -ˈbɛr ə- /

Also puberulous

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. minutely pubescent.

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puberulent British  

/ pjʊˈbɛrjʊlənt /

adjective

1. biology covered with very fine down; finely pubescent

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Etymology

Origin of puberulent

1860–65; < Latin pūber- ( puberty ) + -ulent

Example Sentences

Leaves mostly pubescent or puberulent; hoods obtuse, entire, twice or thrice the length of the anthers.

From Project Gutenberg

Bark.—On trunks of old trees thick, shallow-channeled, broad-ridged; on stems of young trees and upon branches smooth, greenish; season's shoots at first rusty-scurfy or puberulent, in late autumn becoming smooth and light russet brown.

From Project Gutenberg

Stouter and more rigid, leaves of radical shoots thicker, linear, hoary, the cauline puberulent or glabrous, calyx canescent.

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Low, decumbent, somewhat woody, diffusely branched, puberulent; branches slender, flexuous; leaves narrow; flowers few, small; capsules pubescent, about equalling the pedicel.

From Project Gutenberg

Slightly puberulent; leaves bright green both sides and shining, oval, mostly rounded at base, with rougher edges; styles separate to near the base, not exceeding the acute anthers; capsule not stipitate, 10–12´´ long.

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