FORCE-RIPE
World English Dictionary
| force-ripe | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage |
| 2. | precocious, esp sexually |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to ripen (prematurely picked fruit) by squeezing or warm storage |
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Force-ripe
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