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Webster 1913 Edition

(-rīpˊ)

Adj.

[

Rare

early +

ripe

. Cf.

Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.

Noun.

An early ripening fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach.

Adj.

Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.

Noun.

An early fruit, particularly a kind of peach which ripens early.

rareripe ‎(plural rareripes)