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rareripe

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rare⋅ripe

  [rair-rahyp] Botany
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–adjective
1. ripening early.
–noun
2. a fruit or vegetable that ripens early.
Origin:
1715–25, Americanism; rare, early var. (obs. except Brit. dial.) of rathe + ripe
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rare·ripe   (râr'rīp')   
adj.  Ripening early.
n.  A fruit or vegetable that ripens early.

[Dialectal rare, early (variant of rathe) + ripe.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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