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overmature

overmature adjective: excessively mature.

Adjective

overmature (comparative more overmature, superlative most overmature)

  1. Excessively mature.
    • Large logs from overmature trees may not be easy to sell in a market dominated by small-log mills.1998, California Forest Pest Council. Meeting, Stephen M. Jones, Jesse E. Rios, Forest health, hazard trees and other legal issues of mature and overmature forests: proceedings of the 47th annual...

Forms of overmature

comparativemore overmature
superlativemost overmature

Origin of overmature

From over- + mature.

Questions about overmature

What does overmature mean?
Overmature means excessively mature.
What part of speech is overmature?
Overmature is an adjective.

Words near overmature in the dictionary

  1. overmatches
  2. overmatching
  3. overmatchings
  4. overmatter
  5. overmattress
  6. overmature
  7. overmatured
  8. overmaturity
  9. overmean
  10. overmeaningful
  11. overmeasure

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