Pu*ber"u*lent (?), a. [See Pubis.] (Bot.) Very minutely downy.
Pu"bes (?), n. [L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from
pubes adult.] 1. (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.
2. (Bot.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows
on plants; pubescence.
Pu*bes"cence (?), n. [Cf. F. pubescence.] 1. The quality or state of
being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty. Sir T. Browne.
2. A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and
insects; also, the state of being so covered.
Pu*bes"cen*cy (?), n. Pubescence.
Pu*bes"cent (?), a. [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach
puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.] 1.
Arrived at puberty.
That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is
accounted a punctual truth.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects,
and the leaves of some plants.
Pu"bic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pubes; in the region of
the pubes; as, the pubic bone; the pubic region, or the lower part of
the hypogastric region. See Pubes. (b) Of or pertaining to the pubis.
||Pu"bis (?), n. [NL. See Pubes.] (Anat.) The ventral and anterior of
||the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis;
||sharebone; pubic bone.
Pub"lic (?), a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F.
public. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to
the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;
-- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
To the public good Private respects must yield.
Milton.
He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public
credit, and it sprung upon its feet.