Definition of Pubescences

1. pubescence [n] - See also: pubescence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pubescences

pubble
pubby
pubcaster
pubcasters
pubco
pubcos
puberal
pubertal
pubertally
puberties
puberulent
pubescence
pubescences (current term)
pubescency
pubescent
pubescently
pubgoer
pubgoers

Literary usage of Pubescences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"... wider than the prothorax, rather narrowly rounded behind, finely and sparsely punctate, the pubescences sparse, moderately long and coarse and distinct. ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Slender herbs, with scattered stellate pubescences ; leaves opposite, simple, with scarious and lacerate stipules ; flowers white, minute, ..."

3. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"Am. Ent. Soc., v, 102; Report Wheeler Expl., 1875, pi. 34, fig. 6, cf. 2301. Nevada. pubescences on thorax matted. nevadensis ..."

4. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1883)
"The first of these groups, the pubescences, again subdivides into those with smooth and those with corky branches. To the first of these sub-divisions, ..."

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