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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

If you can see any yellow in the buds, the broccoli is overmature.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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 Taylor, Thomas

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 Record, Samuel J.

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 Noyes, William