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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from

pubes

adult.]

(Anat.)

(a)

The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.

(b)

Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the hypogastric region; the pubic region.

(Bot.)

The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.

Noun.

[L.] In botany, the hairiness of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.