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MATURE |
Ripe |
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MARROW |
Large, ripe courgette |
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HASTY |
Forward; early; first ripe. |
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RATHRIPE |
Rareripe, or early ripe. |
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OVERRIPEN |
To make too ripe. |
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GRIPE |
Original ghetto ripe for complaint |
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RIPE |
To ripen; to grow ripe. |
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UNRIPE |
Not ripe; as, unripe fruit. |
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SWASH |
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. |
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FRACID |
Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. |
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WEEPING-RIPE |
Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. |
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MILK |
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. |
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MELLOW |
To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. |
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STRIPES |
Some of the most ripe squashes have colourful bands |
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SWASHY |
Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. |
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ADELANTADILLO |
A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes. |
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RARERIPE |
Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual
season. |
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GREEN |
Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as,
green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. |
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RIPEN |
To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days
ripened the corn. |
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PREMATURE |
Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature
fruits of a hotbed. |
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BENTING TIME |
The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents,
before peas are ripe. |
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RATTLEBOX |
An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of
which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod. |
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HESPERIDIN |
A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the
orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. |
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PRECOCIOUS |
Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early
or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. |
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AWAY-GOING |
Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe
until after its expiration; -- said of crops. |