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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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The growing Mangaboos were of all sizes, from the blossom that had just turned into a wee baby to the full-grown and almost ripe man or woman. "Nothing grows in our yard but the bread tree," he mused, "and there are only two more loaves on that tree; and they're not ripe yet. Some were small and dark-brown in color; those larger were of a dull tin color; but the really ripe ones were pails of bright tin that shone and glistened beautifully in the rays of sunshine that touched them. |
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