n. The condition of not having reached puberty, or the age of ability to reproduce one's species; lack of age at which the marriage contract can be legally entered into. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. puberté. ] 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 ]