Puberty

n.	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.

Noun

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puberty - the time of life when sex glands become functional Synonyms: pubescence

PUBERTY, civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age. Ayl. Pand. 63; Hall's Pract. 14; Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. tom. 6, p. 100; Inst. 1, 22; Dig. 1, 7, 40, 1; Code, 5, 60, 3.

adolescence, pubescence, time of life