Maturity

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Ripe (too ripe , old high dt . Rîfi, westgerm . * Rîpi "what can be picked") or, in some cases, ripening stands:

  • in zoology and human biology for the maturity in humans and animals, see sexual maturity
  • in behavioral biology for perfecting an innate behavior without practice, see instinctive behavior
  • in botany for the degree of edibility of fruits or fruits, see fruit ripeness
  • Term derived from plant development for human development, see maturation (genesis)
    • in humans for a stage of advanced life experience or knowledge, see adult
  • in geology for certain degrees of diagenesis or metamorphosis, see metamorphosis (geology)
  • in the case of foodstuffs and luxury foods for processes to make them edible or durable or to refine them, see maturation (food)

Maturity specifically means:

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