ultraripe

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ultra- +‎ ripe

Adjective[edit]

ultraripe (comparative more ultraripe, superlative most ultraripe)

  1. Extremely ripe.
    • 2007 August 22, Melissa Clark, “So Many Tomatoes to Stuff in a Week”, in New York Times[1]:
      Of all the dishes, this one benefits the most from using an ultraripe tomato, still warm from the farmers’ market.
    • 2010, Michael Gibson, The Sommelier Prep Course, page 214:
      The ultraripe grapes are usually dried in the sun for a few days so they can raisin and their sugars can be concentrated before they are crushed and pressed.