mature
adjective
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms.
overmature
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a word derived from
mature.
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, the Forest Service has disapproved of messy, tangled old-growth forests, whose dank, rotting understory and ancient trees it has referred to as "overmature" and "decadent."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is important to collect for use only young and well-preserved specimens, because a mushroom of excellent quality may, nevertheless, when overmature or near its decline, become dangerous for food.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
It is evident that there may be decided differences in the grain of heartwood and sapwood cut from a large tree, particularly one that is overmature.
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Samuel J. Record
Large sales covering a term of years are made because the national forests contain much overmature timber, which needs removal, but which is frequently too inaccessible to be saleable in small amounts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
If less is taken out than grows, some trees will overmature and decay; if more is taken out than grows, the forest will ultimately be exhausted.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
