ripen
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Though they have found shrubs, only some are seed-producing females and these take three years to ripen.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
And like every such show, it can be expected to ripen with age, if age comes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
Ideally, he'd plant a variety that could resist the coffee berry borer, a beetle that feasts on coffee cherries, and that would ripen with greater uniformity.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024
The durians are also less likely to ripen too quickly — and emit more odor — in the cooler night temperatures.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024
The grain was just beginning to ripen and the fields were full of poppies.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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