'Puberty' definitions:
Definition of 'puberty'
(from WordNet)
noun
The time of life when sex glands become functional [syn: puberty, pubescence]
Definition of 'Puberty'
From: GCIDE
- Puberty \Pu"ber*ty\, n. [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. pubert['e].]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) The period when a plant first bears flowers. [1913 Webster]