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puberulent

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pu⋅ber⋅u⋅lent

  [pyoo-ber-yuh-luhnt, -ber-uh-]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
minutely pubescent.
Also, pu⋅ber⋅u⋅lous  [pyoo-ber-yuh-luhs, -ber-uh-] .

Origin:
1860–65; < L pūber- (see puberty ) + -ulent
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pu·ber·u·lent   (pyōō-běr'yə-lənt, -běr'ə-)   
adj.  Covered with minute hairs or very fine down; finely pubescent.

[Latin pūber, downy, adult + -ulentus, abounding in.]
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