puberty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
    pubescence.

WordNet

Pu"ber*ty noun
Etymology
L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. puberté.
Definitions
  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.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.

Webster 1913