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force-ripe
adjective
- (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage
- precocious, esp sexually
verb
- tr to ripen (prematurely picked fruit) by squeezing or warm storage
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Force ripe bananas through a sieve to make the banana purée.
From Project Gutenberg
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