PUBERTIES

Noun

puberties

plural of puberty

Source: Wiktionary


PUBERTY

Pu"ber*ty, n. Etym: [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. puberté.]

1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: The period when a plant first bears flowers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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