Modifies a noun

• girl: I won't bother going into the details of the experience itself - basically what you might expect from a pubescent girl!

• boy: By the end of the pubescent ages boys are roughly 50 % stronger than girls.

• kid: A bunch of pubescent kids and a boy who doesn't fit in.

• teenager: Consider, on the other hand, a pubescent teenager.

• leave: On the lower surface of the variegated pubescent leaves, sporulation typical of a downy mildew was associated with the leaf spots.

• child: It seems quite common for pubescent children to contract leprosy.