unripe

Example Sentences

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A jolt of dried unripe grapes and two fistfuls — exactly two — of cilantro, and the soup is done, he said.

From New York Times

Mendel observed the way that different physical properties of the pea plants were inherited: pod shape, seed shape, seed color, unripe pod color, flower color, stem length and flower placement.

From Salon

There are festivals in Hawai'i to celebrate breadfruit, a starchy fruit that can be used both unripe, similarly to potato, and when soft and ripe, in sweet preparations such as custard.

From Salon

She gathers unripe black walnuts for her version of the spiced Italian liqueur nocino and extols the virtues of milkweed, a favorite of monarch butterflies and the base of Ms. Nelson’s recipe for air-fried fritters.

From New York Times

Though green tomatoes are commonly thought of as unripe, the man who cultivated this variety, Tom Wagner, was fascinated by the idea of producing a green tomato that was meant to be just that.

From Salon