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market-ripe

market-ripe adjective: of fruits and vegetables: almost but not quite ripe; ready to be sold, so as to be ripe when used by the purchaser.

Adjective

market-ripe (not comparable)

  1. Of fruits and vegetables: almost but not quite ripe; ready to be sold, so as to be ripe when used by the purchaser.

Questions about market-ripe

What does market-ripe mean?
Market-ripe means of fruits and vegetables: almost but not quite ripe; ready to be sold, so as to be ripe when used by the purchaser.
What part of speech is market-ripe?
Market-ripe is an adjective.

Words near market-ripe in the dictionary

  1. market-led
  2. market-maker
  3. market-makers
  4. market-place
  5. market-places
  6. market-ripe
  7. market-share
  8. market-shares
  9. market-stead
  10. market-steads
  11. market-town

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