plump

October's full moon is known as the Hunter's Moon as it is the time of year when leaves start to fall and animals have plumped up over the summer, ready for winter.

And one of last year’s bloomers, named Stankosaurus Rex for its massive 8-foot height, is now fruiting, so it looks like a tall upright club covered with plump crimson orbs.

Nor is it a juicy hunk of a beefsteak tomato or a pleasantly plump eggplant.

Leave shrimp in the oven for even a minute too long, and they will go from succulent and plump to rubber ball bouncy.

Five kinds of plump raisins, cherries, currants, figs, apricots, peaches, apples, even dried melon—it seemed all of Turfan was an orchard.