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ripe
(of fruit, grain, etc.) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed ripe [rīp] (botany) Of fruit, fully developed, having mature seed and so usable as food. (forestry) Of timber or a forest, ready to be cut. (geology) Referring to peat, in an advanced state of decay. (hydrology) Descriptive of snow that is in a condition to discharge meltwater; ripe snow usually has a coarse crystalline structure, a snow density near 0.5, and a temperature near 32°F (0°C).
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