ripeness
Example Sentences
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The thermometer tracks the banana’s internal temperature, or its pulp level, which tells the ripeners how to adjust the ethylene, humidity and temperature in the room.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2017
Contrariwise the fruits of ill-done deeds are early ripeners, and it is seldom the teeth of the children that are set on edge.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
