rareripe
[ rair-rahyp ]
/ ˈrɛərˌraɪp /
adjective
ripening early.
noun
a fruit or vegetable that ripens early.
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Words nearby rareripe
rarefied, rarefy, rare gas, rarely, rarely ever, rareripe, raring, raring to go, rarity, rark up, Rarotonga
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Example sentences from the Web for rareripe
But woe betide Alexander and all rareripe Bostonians who mistake the scaffolding for the edifice.
Late Rareripe was sent to France in 1855 where it has since been grown as a satisfactory commercial sort.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. HedrickIt was mere precocity, and precocity is a rareripe fruit, with a worm at the core.
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British Dictionary definitions for rareripe
rareripe
/ (ˈrɛəˌraɪp) US /
adjective
ripening early
noun
a fruit or vegetable that ripens early
Word Origin for rareripe
C18 rare, variant of rathe + ripe
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