Definitions of puberty

1. the time of life when sex glands become functional

2. The period when a plant first bears flowers.

3. The age of full development: early manhood or womanhood.

4. First manhood or womanhood.

5. Opening manhood or womanhood.

6. The age at which persons are capable of procreating or bearing children.

7. The age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children; maturity; in law, the age of 14 years in boys, and of 12 in girls.

8. Sexual maturity.