Definition of ripe

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Ripe (superl.) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc..

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Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To suffer griping pains.
Peripetalous :: Peripetalous (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals..
Springe :: Springbuck (n.) A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer..
Enripen :: Enripen (v. t.) To ripen.
Green :: Green (superl.) Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc..
Colorado Beetle :: Colorado beetle () A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle..
Musang :: Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat..
Mellow :: Mellow (v. i.) To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows..
Gopher :: Gopher (n.) One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile..
Unripe :: Unripe (a.) Not ripe; as, unripe fruit..
Milk :: Milk (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster..
Griped :: Griped (imp. & p. p.) of Grip.
Seersucker :: Seersucker (n.) A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance..
Rullichies :: Rullichies (n. pl.) Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.
Cubeb :: Cubeb (n.) The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative..
Tripennate :: Tripennate (a.) Same as Tripinnate.
Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened..
Wheatear :: Wheatear (n.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail..
Greenhead :: Greenhead (n.) The striped bass. See Bass.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
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