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preharvested

preharvested adjective: prior to harvesting; pre-harvest.

Adjective

preharvested (not comparable)

  1. Prior to harvesting; pre-harvest
    • Subsequently the temperature of the produce must be maintained at low levels (at or near freezing) and in the presence of high relative humidity in order to maintain a level of quality mirroring that of the preharvested product.1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, →ISBN, page 150
  2. Harvested in advance
    • Stem cells from bone marrow that can give rise to new immune cells are taken out from a patient, and then physicians use drugs to purposely obliterate the patient's entire immune system, a strategy called immunoablation. After that, the preharvested stem cells are infused back into the patient...2008 October 31, Lauren Cahoon, “More Than Skin Deep”, in Science, volume 322, number 5902

Origin of preharvested

From pre- + harvest + -ed.

Questions about preharvested

What does preharvested mean?
Preharvested means prior to harvesting; pre-harvest.
What part of speech is preharvested?
Preharvested is an adjective.

Words near preharvested in the dictionary

  1. prehardener
  2. prehardeners
  3. prehardening
  4. prehardens
  5. preharvest
  6. preharvested
  7. preharvesting
  8. prehatch
  9. prehatched
  10. prehatching
  11. prehaustoria

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